I feel it is unfair that Georgia played the national semi-final as a virtual home game.
Pretty sure cities compete for those games and the games are awarded long before they know who will make the playoffs.
The two semi final games rotate amongst the big six bowl games every year. This just happened to be the Peach Bowl’s year to get 1 and 4. The games are always played back to back on the 31st (except for 2020 when the were on Jan 1st, 2021 to accommodate the Rose Bowl tradition which in the end got moved to Jerry’s house in Arlington Texas.
Interestingly, #9 Georgia played #8 Cincinnati in the 2020 Peach Bowl to the highest rating for a non playoff game.
Also note, more people watched the two semi final games than did the final a week later which was a 52-24 rout of Ohio State by Alabama.
Championship games are usually anti-climactic. I sense this one will be too.