Poinsettia Bowl Wrapup II-- The Game
by Purple Wimple on Dec 22, 2011 2:53 PM CST
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PrintCheers and jeers to Darth Kellen aside, the Horned Frogs played a (perhaps uninspired) game in San Diego on Wednesday night, and gave Gary Patterson his 109th win as a head coach, and a tie with Dutch Meyer as TCU's winningest head coach ever. The Poinsettia Bowl was, like last time, a close and hard-fought match.
TCU came out flat-- which was widely predicted-- and in the first half was snakebit on third downs (converting none of five, but getting a field goal on one) while the Bulldogs converted six of eight. The Bulldogs' success on third downs allowed them to hold the ball for five and a half minutes longer than TCU in the first half.
The coach said Louisiana Tech was reading the Horned Frogs' signals, and that they changed 'em up at halftime. Maybe that's the whole story, but whatever got changed, the teams' respective fortunes reversed after the break. TCU's receivers stopped dropping the ball (mostly); the Horned Frogs converted (or scored on) seven out of nine third downs (the tenth in the stats was the game's final snap) and held the ball for 24:10 minutes.
In the few minutes (less than six of them) that Louisiana Tech did have the ball, it gave it away on half of its third downs. TCU's hits on quarterback Colby Cameron took their toll; the Bulldogs' passing game grew duller as the clock wound down.
And so the Frogs claimed their seventh 11-win (or better) season since 2003, 47 of those wins coming in the careers of this year's seniors. TCU will have to win ten in 2012 for this year's juniors to graduate with as many wins as this year's seniors. Given the increase quality of next season's opponents, that is no gimme.
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Sorry if you didn’t approve of my poking the hornet’s nest, boss.
That said the actual game was something like watching an exceedingly angry chicken against the world’s laziest boa constrictor. The outcome was practically inevitable, but due to the extreme laziness ended up taking far more pecks than it should have.
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you Aussies make funny similes.
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by Purple Wimple on Dec 24, 2011 11:07 AM CST up reply actions
Not a gimme, but do-able?
SMU, UVA, two other non-conference matchups to be determined, KU, Iowa State, Baylor if RG3 moves on like he should, UT if they still stink at QB, and Tech. That’s 9 right there that aren’t shoo-ins but that TCU can reasonably have a shot at winning. Not sure what OU, OSU and KState will look like next year, but pull off just one of those and there you are. Again, I agree with you that it’s not a gimme by any stretch, but I think they start the season with a pretty good shot to pull it off.
Any athletics program that sees a television station as an existential threat will never be relevant.
Grambling is one of the OOC games
and if WVU gets out of the Big East, I think the Big XII is keeping the full round-robin for now, which would give us a full schedule
10+ certainly is doable, as OU and OSU lose a bunch, but of course, we shall see…
I personally like TCU’s odds much better against 0U than UT- Particularly if Landry Jones declares for the NFL draft- as is widely expected that he will.
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by HawkeyedFrog on Dec 22, 2011 11:30 PM CST up reply actions
He definitely should look at going now
especially now that Matt Barkley is staying at USC for another year. TCU’s going to need a good run defense next year against Texas.
TEXAS FIGHT
I’m pretty confident that TCU will have a fine run defense, but unlike 0U who we’ve knocked off twice in Norman this decade, I have a mental block about UT- I’ll believe we can beat them the time after we actually do.
This comes from sitting in the stands during the SWC for eleven years and only seeing one win over the burnt orange folk.
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by HawkeyedFrog on Dec 23, 2011 5:43 PM CST up reply actions
I'm not so confident about the defense.
Certainly track record says it’ll be fine, but it was supposed to be fine this year, too. Either it improves a lot ‘11 to ’12, or 10 wins simply ain’t happenin.
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by Purple Wimple on Dec 24, 2011 11:08 AM CST up reply actions
Landry will not go high in the draft
I predict 3rd round at best. Kellen Moore is a better QB than Landry as is Weeden.
If Texas gets just average play from it’s QB next year, they will win the conference. I know I am a homer but there are good reason I say this.
The Big 12 is going to be weaker next year – more so than they have in years. The Longhorn defense will be a just plain nasty beast and the best in the conference. We will have the three best running back combos in the nation, our OL will have had time to mature and they will be huge and salty! The 2 JUCO additions will contribute more than anyone suspects and the whole team, offense and defense, will be FAST!
Never-the-less, this is an apportune time for both TCU and WVU to join because both teams will be very competitive. The problem is that neither team has faced the types of conference competition they will see in the Big 12 – even in a down year.
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
yes, you are a homer.
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by Purple Wimple on Dec 24, 2011 11:09 AM CST up reply actions
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