Blue-eyed Buckeye’s fan a ‘Peach’ of a girl

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Who is that Peach Bowl girl?

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A female Buckeyes fan went viral during the New Year’s Eve broadcast of a college football playoff game between Ohio and the Georgia Bulldogs.

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Inside Edition tracked her down and had a brief interview with Catherine Gurd.

Dubbed the “Peach Bowl Girl,” Gurd was repeatedly featured during the broadcast of the semifinal game held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and social media users went to work trying to learn her name.

On Monday, in a video posted to her TikTok page, Gurd confirmed she is the “Peach Bowl Girl.”

Online posts asked who is the peach and noted her heartbreaking blue eyes.

“Hi. I’m Catherine Gurd and I’m the Peach Bowl girl,” Gurd, a Xavier University lacrosse player, said in the Inside Edition interview.

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She was at the game cheering on her older brother, a tight-end for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

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When the camera cut to Gurd, she says she was beside herself.

“I was distraught at that moment. I was praying and hoping that we would make the kick and the team would go on to the National Championships,” she said.

As for her Buckeyes, they lost the Peach Bowl 42-41after kicker Noah Ruggles missed a 50-yard field goal.

Georgia moves on to the national championship game.

Indside Edition asked Gurd if her new fame would get her more dates.

“I don’t know. Maybe,” she said.

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Gurd’s Instagram following has grown to 40,000 and counting.

“When you kick off 2023 with a new name,” Gurd posted in a clip.

“Buckeyes forever,” she said on social media.

The New York Post has reported fans are asking Gurd to join up with Tulane fan Ellie Fazio, who had a viral moment at Monday’s Cotton Bowl.

Fazio took to TikTok to share a video clip of herself smiling and a screen recording of her biting her nails at Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

“That game was a real nail biter,” Fazio posted.