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FS Southwest: TCU victory speaks loud and clear
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By Pete Fiutak
It’s OK, TCU. You can be in my national title.
It’s one thing to be a non-automatic qualifying team and get through a mediocre schedule. It’s another thing to obliterate everything in your path. ...
By Richard Cirminiello
Saturday was a great example why TCU is going to hear out the Big East’s overture to jump ship. The program just got done delivering one of the most impressive wins by any team all year, yet only a tiny fraction of the country caught it.
Are you convinced yet? You ought to be. The Horned Frogs are as complete a team as there is in America. Including Oregon. Including Auburn. For the vast majority of you who don’t subscribe to CBS College Sports, you missed an impresario from Gary Patterson’s team, a flawless performance on both sides of the ball. Not only did they hand Utah its first loss of the year, but they did so in supercharged Salt Lake City, where Utah hadn’t lost in 21 games … and by a 40-point margin. ...
By Matt Zemek
TCU’s team performance was phenomenal – that’s one big storyline to take away from this unexpected rout. Utah was horrible – that’s another undeniable part of the postgame assessment from Salt Lake City. Utah coach Kyle Whittingham’s shockingly timid approach to the final minutes of the first half also sent a powerful signal that the Utes just weren’t ready for prime time.
It’s also important to note that TCU didn’t have to play on a Thursday night, just five days after playing its previous game; that was the scenario witnessed in 2008, when Utah stole a 13-10 win from the Horned Frogs. TCU coach Gary Patterson said that this year would be different with regular rest for his team, and he was proven to be 100 percent correct. All of the aforementioned details form a very impressive and fairly thorough summary of Frogs-Utes. However, the main story has to be one and only one person: Andy Dalton. ...
College Football News
collegefootballnews.com
By Pete Fiutak
It’s OK, TCU. You can be in my national title.
It’s one thing to be a non-automatic qualifying team and get through a mediocre schedule. It’s another thing to obliterate everything in your path. ...
By Richard Cirminiello
Saturday was a great example why TCU is going to hear out the Big East’s overture to jump ship. The program just got done delivering one of the most impressive wins by any team all year, yet only a tiny fraction of the country caught it.
Are you convinced yet? You ought to be. The Horned Frogs are as complete a team as there is in America. Including Oregon. Including Auburn. For the vast majority of you who don’t subscribe to CBS College Sports, you missed an impresario from Gary Patterson’s team, a flawless performance on both sides of the ball. Not only did they hand Utah its first loss of the year, but they did so in supercharged Salt Lake City, where Utah hadn’t lost in 21 games … and by a 40-point margin. ...
By Matt Zemek
TCU’s team performance was phenomenal – that’s one big storyline to take away from this unexpected rout. Utah was horrible – that’s another undeniable part of the postgame assessment from Salt Lake City. Utah coach Kyle Whittingham’s shockingly timid approach to the final minutes of the first half also sent a powerful signal that the Utes just weren’t ready for prime time.
It’s also important to note that TCU didn’t have to play on a Thursday night, just five days after playing its previous game; that was the scenario witnessed in 2008, when Utah stole a 13-10 win from the Horned Frogs. TCU coach Gary Patterson said that this year would be different with regular rest for his team, and he was proven to be 100 percent correct. All of the aforementioned details form a very impressive and fairly thorough summary of Frogs-Utes. However, the main story has to be one and only one person: Andy Dalton. ...
