TCU Makes Statement by Blowing out Ole Miss in Peach Bowl

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Shhh...quiet. Don't tell Texas Christian they aren't playing in the College Bowl Playoff this year. If their Peach Bowl game performance is an indicator...they may be in said playoff next year.

TCU ran out to a 28-0 halftime lead and coasted to a 42-3 rout of alleged SEC West power Ole Miss. And really, the game wasn't that close.

Ole Miss could scratch out only 129 yards of total offense including a total of 9 yards running the ball. Rebel QB Bo Wallace wasn't much better throwing for 109 yards and 3 interceptions.

As for the Horned Frogs, 3 TD passes by Trevonne Boykin were more than enough as TCU finishes the season 12-1. Ole Miss finished 9-4.

Your highlights from ESPN.com:

TCU Takes Care of Business With Iowa State

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The TCU vs. Iowa State game ended fairly quickly. If a 17-3 halftime lead wasn't enough, dropping a 31-spot in the 3rd quarter took care of it.

The Horned Frogs won a share of the Big 12 title Saturday afternoon, trouncing Iowa State 55-3. And while the Frogs were 3rd in the rigged for ESPN playoff poll going into the game, there is no assurance the win will get them a playoff berth.

Trevone Boykin threw for 460 yards and 4 TD's as TCU rolled up 722 yards of offense on a sunny afternoon in Fort Worth.

TCU's status as we said is uncertain due to the fact they are tied with Baylor for the conference lead. Baylor plays Kansas State Saturday night. A Bear win guarantees a tie, a Baylor loss gives TCU the conference and likely playoff bid.

There has been much discussion should Baylor and TCU finish tied as to whom should get a shot at the playoff. The Bears got a 61-58 win over the Frogs early in the season and many believe that will be enough to give them the nod.

We say wait and see what happens because we would not guarantee a Baylor win over a tough Kansas State game.

Here's your TCU highlights from ESPN.com:

TCU Crushes Texas 48-10 And Improves It's Street Cred For CFB Selection Committee

In the beauty pageant that is the College Football Playoff the TCU Horned Frogs is starting to look
much prettier without the beer goggles.

On Thanksgiving night the Frogs took care of business and then some against the Texas Longhorns.

TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin threw for 233 yards and two touchdowns and the Horned Frog defense intercepted Texas quarterback Tyrone Swoops four times leading to a 48-10 rout over the Longhorns.



It was TCU's longest margin of victory over Texas in Austin since 1956 when the Horned Frogs won 46 - 0.

TCU's defense was dominant forcing six Texas turnovers and taking advantage with 30 of the Frogs' 48 points coming off those Longhorn miscues.

"You just can't turn the ball over."  Texas head coach Charlie Strong said. "It's one of those where you have to play good, clean football. We didn't play clean football tonight."

If game control is a strong metric for the College Football Playoff selection committee than TCU should impress.

The Horned Frogs jumped on Texas for 13 points in the first quarter and then put their foot to the throat of the Longhorns in the 4th quarter with 28 points.

TCU supporters are wondering is this what you have to do to break into the final four of the CFB Playoff.

"To me, everybody was talking about how important Texas was, about how good they are, at the beginning of the year."  TCU head coach Gary Patterson said.  "You know, you've got to keep with the same story, you can't say now that they are not any good. I mean, three quarters of the United States was picking Texas to beat us tonight. You can't be like now Texas is not any good. They are a really good football team,"

'I think the whole team came in with the mindset of being ready to play." TCU wide receiver Josh Doctson said.  "Obviously I'd be lying if we weren't aware of style points and all that, but just came out and played TCU football and did what we had to do."

"At the end of the day, if you're talking about the playoffs, it's really not up to us." TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin said.

A 38 point win over Texas in Austin should carry some weight when the committee meets again and releases their poll Tuesday night.

Next up for the Horned Frogs is a home game against Iowa State and unfortunately that game won't do much for your body of work.

Morning Roundup: TCU Drops 82 on Texas Tech

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Whoa! 82 points? That's more than the Texas Christian basketball team scored in all but one game last season.

But that's exactly how many points the Horned Frogs scored Saturday afternoon against Texas Tech winning 82-27.

Trevone Boykin, who may be the best quarterback you've never heard of threw for 433 yards and 7 TD's...yes, 7 TD's for TCU. Mind you Boykin didn't play in the 4th quarter against a completely overmatched Red Raider squad.

Oddly, TCU coach Gary Patterson has always been known as a defensive coach, but as happy as he was about the offense, he was not thrilled his team gave up 27 points and a ton of yards in the win.

Rather than go on at length about all the crazy Madden 15 like statistics, we'll just cut straight to the chase and say "Watch the Highlights".

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Baylor Squeaks By TCU: Gary Patterson Not Happy With Art Briles

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Sounds like we have a budding rivalry forming here.

Lost in the rubble of Baylor's 41-38 win over TCU Saturday evening is the post-game rant of TCU coach Gary Patterson.

Patterson was highly ticked off after a play in the 3rd quarter. That play involved Baylor safety Ahmad Dixon and a helmet-to-helmet hit on TCU's Trevone Boykin. Dixon was apparently tossed for the Targeting penalty, but apparently stayed on the sideline.

Patterson tried to come across the field to have Dixon ejected and was confronted by Briles.

Check out Patterson's post game presser:



Your game highlights from ESPN:

TCU Out-Balls WBGV In Double Overtime

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Remember when everyone was talking about how West By Gawd Virginia was the second coming of your favorite religious being and was going to take care of everything and show up in the Bee-Cee-Ess title game (or something close to it)...???

Well, that was certainly a long time ago...

TCU showed up in Morgantown and showed once again that West Virginia have no defense whatsoever... especially in overtime or double overtime...

Evidence below...


TCU was actually 10 points down late in the fourth quarter and came back to force overtime.

Trevone Boykin and Josh Boyce hooked up on a 96-yard TD pass play with 1:28 left to tie the score at 31-31. Neither offense scored in the first overtime which led to the action in the second...

West Virginia is now 5-3 and should plummet out of the top 25...

Dana Holgorsen is, obviously, less than pleased...
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TCU QB arrested for DWI. Judgements begin rolling in (Updated and UPDATED AGAIN))

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OCTOBER 9 UPDATE: Pachall plans to enter an inpatient facility and withdraw from school according to head coach Gary Patterson. He will not play football again in 2012. Redshirt freshman Trevone Boykin takes over full-time.

UPDATE--TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson has suspended his starting QB indefinitely.
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Breaking news: A college kid got a DWI. Yes, I know you are shocked. And no, we aren't downplaying the fact that someone drove drunk.

Texas Christian University starting quarterback Casey Paschall was pulled over near the Fort Worth campus Thursday morning and charged with drunk driving.

Pachall was in jail Thursday morning. And no, as of this writing. 10:30am Thursday, TCU hasn't commented yet.

The story from KXAS-TV RIGHT HERE

No, we aren't judging here. Pachall isn't squeaky clean. He apparently failed a drug test back in February. And yes, there will and should be punishment involved for this. Coach Gary Patterson will take action on this. He has to.

But our snarkyness is more borne out of this being made to be some sort of startling revelation. Sadly, college kids get in trouble all of the time. That's why they are kids. It doesn't excuse the behavior, but does at least partially explain it. How many people on Twitter...or Sports Writers on Twitter or who work in the media didn't do at least one stupid thing while in college?

I know, the obvious question is, "If you don't think this is a huge deal, then why are you reporting it?"

We're reporting it because we have an opinion. And no, it probably doesn't concur with yours, but much like you, we are entitled to express it.

We don't condone drunk driving and NEVER will. But we also will admit at age 21, we got behind the wheel on more than one occasion when we shouldn't have. It happens. It doesn't make it right...or excuse it, but it does happen to college kids. A lot. And for some reason, particularly when it involves a college athlete, we are quick to judge.

Again, read the paragraph under the link. Pachall should...and hopefully will be punished. But because it's football, it's made different than the other times Fort Worth Police pull someone over. It shouldn't be.