The wait for the College Football Playoff is nearly over and we're just a day away from the matchup between Ohio State and Georgia in the Peach Bowl. The Buckeyes' Ryan Day was joined by the Bulldog's Kirby Smart Friday morning for a joint press conference to discuss Saturday night's game. STORY: https://www.10tv.com/article/sports/football/ohio-state-football/peach-bowl-2022-college-football-playoff-press-conference-coaches-ryan-day-kirby-smart/530-30f65acd-94bd-486f-8516-b871c6be5916 OHIO STATE VS. GEORGIA: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW *Info provided by Ohio State Athletics Ohio State and the CFP The 2022 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl is Ohio State’s 54th post-season bowl game all-time, the most among Big Ten teams. Ohio State has a 26-27 record all-time in post-season bowl games. 2022 is Ohio State’s ninth year playing in a New Year’s 6 (including CFP games) postseason game, or every year since the start of the CFP era. No other team has been to a New Year’s 6 game all nine years. The Buckeyes and The Bulldogs THE SERIES Ohio State and Georgia have met just once on the gridiron: the Bulldogs defeated the Buckeyes, 21-14, to win the 1993 Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla. That Citrus Bowl win capped a 10-2 season for Georgia under coach Ray Goff. Ohio State went 8-3-1 that season under John Cooper with Kirk Herbstreit a team captain and the starting QB. GEORGIA PEACHES The game will be Georgia’s 11th at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which is situated 72 miles from Athens, since it opened in 2017. This will be Ohio State’s first game in the stadium. THE BULLDOGS Georgia is 13-0 on the season and has been ranked No. 1 in five of the six College Football Playoff polls this season. Since the beginning on the 2021 season, Georgia has won 27 of its last 28 games. The Bulldogs defeated LSU, 50-20, in its last outing in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta. Heisman Trophy finalist QB Stetson Bennett threw for 268 yards and four touchdowns against the Tigers. He is 27-3 lifetime as a starter with 3,425 yards this season and 20 TD passes. Like last year, Georgia possesses one of the nation’s top defenses. Only Illinois has given up fewer points per game on average than the Bulldogs (12.8). Georgia has top 10 national rankings on both sides of the ball is scoring off ense (ninth, 39.7), scoring defense (second, 12.8), total offense (seventh, 491.9) and total defense (eighth, 292.0). FUTURE MEETINGS SCHEDULED As of now, Ohio State and Georgia will meet in a home-and-home series during the 2030 and 2031 seasons. Ohio State will play in Athens on Sept. 14, 2030; Georgia comes to Columbus Aug. 30, 2031.