ATLANTA — Just call All-American Brock Bowers “The Matrix” after his incredible fourth-quarter reach for a first down proved pivotal in Georgia’s historic 42-41 win over Ohio State.

The No. 1-ranked Bulldogs became the first team in College Football Playoff history to successfully rally from two touchdowns down in the fourth quarter in their Peach Bowl semifinal win over the Buckeyes on Saturday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

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Georgia will face TCU in the CFP Championship Game at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., thanks to Bowers’ mind-bending play in the fourth quarter.

Bowers reeled in four catches for 64 yards including what might have been the biggest first down conversion of the night with the Bulldogs facing a fourth-and-6 at the Ohio State 13.

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Stetson Bennett hit the tight end with a short pass and Bowers did the rest, turning the corner and taking on Ohio State safety Luther Ransom at the sideline, seemingly short of the first down marker as his legs were cut out from under him.

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But Bowers, in an amazing display of awareness, reached out and extended his free hand beyond the marker as the rest of his body was sailing out of bounds.

Georgia was originally ruled short and Ohio State prepared to take the field with its 38-24 lead intact before slow-motion replay showed Bowers’ unprecedented football move along the sideline.

Bennett didn’t know exactly how his teammate had gotten it done at the time, but he assumed Bowers had come through once again even if most in the crowd did not.

“I thought the whole stadium thought we didn’t get it, and then they reviewed it,” Bennett said. “Brock was pretty dumbfounded because he was like, ‘I think I got it.’ And I was like, ‘I thought you did too, because the route you were catching was at 5 yards, and it was fourth-and-6.’

“People don’t stop him for a yard, but I didn’t know.”

Georgia wasn’t able to punch the ball in for a touchdown — Bennett blamed himself for an ill-fated lateral that lost 10 yards — but Jack Podlesny kicked a 31-yard field goal that cut the lead to 38-27 and sparked the comeback.