2023 TCU-Georgia National Championship Game: Pregame Photos

Photos by Tom C. "Midnite" Burke

TCU alums Tom and Mary Burke  -- the pinnacle, after 50 years of supporting Horned Frogs football!

TCU alums Tom and Mary Burke

TCU quarterback Max Duggan (#15, top and bottom photos) and TCU offensive lineman Steve Avila (#79) during warmups before the national championship game.

(top and bottom photos) TCU head coach Sonny Dykes

Prior to the national championship game, TCU head coach Sonny Dykes visits with ESPN announcer Kirk Herbstreit (left), while ESPN announcer Chris Fowler (right) watches TCU players go through warmups.

TCU head coach Sonny Dykes (right) and Georgia head coach Kirby Smart pose for photos prior to the national championship game between their teams.

Legendary TCU football quarterback Andy Dalton, who led TCU to its 21-19 Rose Bowl victory over Wisconsin on January 1, 2011. Dalton has been an NFL quarterback since the Cincinnati Bengals drafted him in the second round of the 2011 National Football League Draft.

Baylor legendary quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III.

TCU football legend, TCU Board of Trustee and NFL Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson (left) and Georgia football legendary quarterback Matthew Stafford.

(top and bottom photos) The TCU marching band, the TCU Showgirls and the TCU Rangers.

The Georgia marching band

"America the Beautiful" was sung by the Chamber Choir of the Academy of Music and Performing Arts from Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles. The academy is a Los Angeles Unified School District magnet program that, for the last 30 years, has served as an education model, bridging performing arts with academic standards, including a rigorous curriculum.

Pentatonix performed the “Star-Spangled Banner” prior to kick off of the national championship game. Pentatonix won the third season of the NBC competition show, “The Sing-Off.” Pentatonix has won a Grammy Award three times, twice for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella (2015-16), and once for Best Country Duo/Group Performance (2017). Two of Pentatonix’s albums have gone platinum.