Rose Bowl Champs

[YosemiteSam]

To all of you BCS guys who said non-BCS teams can't match up.

TCU, Rose Bowl Champs!

TCU's defensive front couldn't handle Wisconsin's huge front. Hell, the pretty much completely shut them down the entire game!

 

[hammer1]

To all of you BCS guys who said non-BCS teams can't match up.

TCU, Rose Bowl Champs!

TCU's defensive front couldn't handle Wisconsin's huge front. Hell, the pretty much completely shut them down the entire game!

Love it!

 

[peplaw06]

That was a great game. The Rose Bowl always seems to bring out the best in the two teams.

 

[theebs]

I wish they would just make the rose bowl the permanent site of the superbowl.

I hate the rotating city thing.

It is the most perfect looking setting for football.

plus then they could stop with the LA needs a football team. They would have the most important game of the year.

 

[ChopBlock]

Hook 'em Horned Frogs!!!!!

 

[lane]

tank carder would look good in blue and silver..

 

[Rogah]

TCU, the 13-0 runners-up. This should be yet another slap in the mouth to the people who defend the BCS by telling us we don't need playoffs because "every week in college football is a playoff game."

Well if every week is a playoff game, which team eliminated TCU?

 

[Rogah]

I wish they would just make the rose bowl the permanent site of the superbowl.

I hate the rotating city thing.

It is the most perfect looking setting for football.

plus then they could stop with the LA needs a football team. They would have the most important game of the year.

The days of the NFL giving the Super Bowl to a city without an NFL team are long gone. The NFL would be unwise to give such a big economic boon to a city that essentially told them to take a hike. They will continue to use it as a reward for powerful owners and cities who play ball with the league. But if/when LA gets another team, I'm sure the Super Bowl will return there.

 

[dez1of1]

TCU, the 13-0 runners-up. This should be yet another slap in the mouth to the people who defend the BCS by telling us we don't need playoffs because "every week in college football is a playoff game."

Well if every week is a playoff game, which team eliminated TCU?

Well said. I really think this win is big for more movement towards a playoff system being put in place. We'll have to see what happens in the National Championship game but if it's a one-sided affair either way I guarantee there will be talks about how TCU deserved a chance to be there

 

[Rogah]

Well said. I really think this win is big for more movement towards a playoff system being put in place.

I hope you're right. I totally do. But I was saying the same thing after Auburn's perfect season from 6 years ago.

Still, I don't mind Ohio State's AD having to eat a little crow. TCU beat the team that had beaten them - not to mention today has been a disaster for the rest of his conference.

 

[DallasGirl50]

TCU must pay Coach Patterson very well or he's very loyal to their program. Can't believe that guy hasn't moved on to some super power college. He sure has something special going on there. Great to see.

 

[casmith07]

TCU deserves a shot. They proved it today by locking down the juggernaut offense of Wisconsin and putting a beating on them on offense themselves.

They're smart moving to the Big East though. They'll run the table there, and then end up in the discussion.

 

[CATCH17]

I wish they would just make the rose bowl the permanent site of the superbowl.

I hate the rotating city thing.

It is the most perfect looking setting for football.

plus then they could stop with the LA needs a football team. They would have the most important game of the year.

I agree. That field is football heaven.

 

[DallasGirl50]

That is a beautiful field. Fun atmosphere.It's special.

 

[burmafrd]

I would not in any way say that TCU locked down the Wisconsin running game. Wisconsin made some key mistakes and frankly tried to get too fancy; they should have just concentrated on wearing down the TCU defense; which they did but not enough.

 

[WarC]

I would not in any way say that TCU locked down the Wisconsin running game. Wisconsin made some key mistakes and frankly tried to get too fancy; they should have just concentrated on wearing down the TCU defense; which they did but not enough.

The missed field goal cost them dearly. Also the failure to make that first 3 points a touchdown.

Lastly, getting away from the play-action pass and running game by going shotgun in the most critical play of the game - that two point conversion at the end. John Clay could have been utilized a little more in the final drives. He was getting the yards when given the oppertunity late.
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That said, TCU's is an impressive team. Wisconsin couldn't stop their offense, TCU was the team moving the ball at will. Wisconsin while controlling the time of possession had to grind out the yards, stubbornly. TCU's defense was more than a match for Wisconsin. The size difference thing was overplayed in the media.

The TCU as under-dogs thing is also overplayed. A Rose Bowl was out of a lot of Wisconsin fans' sights at the beginning of this season. It was a dream that came out of nowhere right after the Ohio State game. I know TCU's been in national championship discussions for a couple years now whereas Wisconsin fought most of the year to crack the top ten after another dissapointing season last year. TCU were the favorites with the book-keepers and basically met the odds. Lots of props to TCU on a deserved win. It was a beautiful game.

 

[dez1of1]

The missed field goal cost them dearly. Also the failure to make that first 3 points a touchdown.

Lastly, getting away from the play-action pass and running game by going shotgun in the most critical play of the game - that two point conversion at the end. John Clay could have been utilized a little more in the final drives. He was getting the yards when given the oppertunity late.

I was just dumbfounded when I saw them lining up in shotgun for the two-point conversion. I'm no offensive coordinator but I would've sent Tolzien up there with 2 plays out of goal line or some other power formation. I would have given him a run play and a play-action pass to check to if he saw something in the defense he thought he could take advantage of. In Wisconsin's defense, watching the replay you can see the guy Tolzien was throwing to was wide open and the TCU defense just stepped up and made a play by batting the ball down at the line. Not a good day for the Big Ten overall though (0-5). This will be another year of talks about how the SEC conference is the power conference in college football. Especially if Ohio State and Oregon both lose...

 

[YosemiteSam]

Guys, Wisconsin is a loser. TCU Rose Bowl Champs. They should be NC too! :laugh2:

 

[burmafrd]

I would disagree about TCU's defense being better than the Wisconsin Offense. I understand that is a homers point of view on your part but bottom line it was more the mistakes that wisconsin made that allowed TCU to win that game. Both mental and physical-if they had just kept pounding away they would have won that game.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I would disagree about TCU's defense being better than the Wisconsin Offense. I understand that is a homers point of view on your part but bottom line it was more the mistakes that wisconsin made that allowed TCU to win that game. Both mental and physical-if they had just kept pounding away they would have won that game.

Umm, there were not that many mistakes made in this game burm. If you want to call Wisconsin not running the ball 100% of the time a mistake then I guess you can, but there were hardly any REAL mistakes in the game. The game was played cleanly and Wisconsin got beat straight up.