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POINSETTIA BOWL |
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LA TECH (8-4) VS TCU (10-2) |
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Rushing |
Passing |
Points |
TO’s |
ST |
A.O.R |
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| LA TECH | 85 | 225 |
22 |
2.3 |
- |
95.2 |
| TCU | 160 |
210 |
27 |
2.8 |
- |
91.6 |
| First meeting. LT is making its 6th bowl appearance and their 1st under HC Dykes (WAC COY) and is 2-2-1. TCU is 6-4 in bowls under Patterson and ply’d an undefeated Boise in this bowl in ‘08, winning by 1. Tech stumbled out of the gate to a 1-4 start with 3 of its 1st 4 losses coming by a comb 9 pts, but got its ssn turned around in a big way and won 7 consec (most S/’74) with 5 coming on the road en route to claiming the WAC Title (first S/’01). Frogs went 5-2 vs bowl tms (2 losses by a comb 9 pts) outscoring those foes 35-29 and outgaining them 455-413. TCU tallied its 3rd MWC Title in its last go-round in the conf. For the 8th time under HC Patterson, TCU has 10 wins (4th str yr) and their 19 Sr’s became the 4th str class to set a TCU win record. Frogs may be in a letdown spot here as they’ve landed BCS gms the L2Y and held their breath for a 3rd str, but failed to jump into the Top 16. TCU traveled 30,000 to the Rose Bowl LY and 20,000+ to the Fiesta Bowl in ‘09, but expect less for this non-BCS gm. After B2B BCS appearances, and lobbying TY for a 3rd straight, this is not the matchup TCU wanted. LA Tech has now improved its record 3 straight years, and while an 8 win season is an improvement, a bowl win vs a team that won the Rose Bowl LY will be a feather in their cap. This one will be close than what many think but in the end the Horned Frogs come away with the win. | ||||||
PHIL’S FORECAST: TCU 34 Louisiana Tech 27 |
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