While stars such as Baker Mayfield, Nick Chubb, Rodney Anderson and Roquan Smith were waging war for the Georgia Bulldogs and Oklahoma Sooners in the Rose Bowl last season, a handful of smaller battles between lesser-known names played a decisive role in the contest.
Georgia played some of the best ball on special teams of any squad in the country in 2017, an area in which the Sooners floundered. UGA ranked No. 3 nationally in Special Teams S&P+; OU came in at No. 71.