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Below, I recap every Texas FBS program's game, based as always on the order of this week's Power Poll rankings.
By Jake Shaw
TexasFootball.com
2) TCU (7-5, 4-5 in Big 12)
The mob said: Oklahoma by 6.5
So said I: Oklahoma 29, TCU 22
What actually happened: TCU fans (and the coaches/players for that matter) probably have two legitimate beefs with the officials from the 24-17 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday. One was a missed field goal that to many eyes appeared to be good. The other was far more consequential. TCU's final offensive play was a pass that sailed through the hands of receiver Josh Boyce, though it also appeared there was some contact with some OU defensive backs before the ball arrived. But neither call went TCU's way, representative of TCU's season at its newly-renovated football stadium. TCU entered the season with a national-best 24-game conference winning streak and pushed the to 25 after beating Kansas on the road. But the Frogs would go on to lose all four of their conference home games, first to Iowa State days after TCU lost QB Casey Pachall for the season due to off-field issues, and closing with the loss to the Sooners. Oklahoma played the better game but never put TCU away, and the Frogs made the most of their limited chances. They scored on a one-play drive after a turnover, then scored on an 80-yard pass-and-catch on another one-play scoring drive, this one midway through the third quarter to make it a 21-14 deficit. The teams traded field goals, and TCU got the ball back with 2:48 to go and drove 60 yards before stalling inside the OU 20.
Star of the game: Though 80 of his 231 passing yards came on one play, Trevone Boykin also made plays with his feet, rushing for 36 yards (second only to B.J. Catalon) and one touchdown. Boykin was sacked twice but probably avoided a couple more with his elusive running in the pocket.
Key number: 3, the number of times TCU converted on 15 third-down attempts. TCU struggled on third downs in 2012, converting just 34 percent of the time and only 25 percent in its five losses.
What's next: The fifth-place team in the Mountain West is playing its bowl game Dec. 15th in the New Mexico Bowl. So as tough as this first Big 12 season was for the Frogs, the payoff has been immediate. TCU, tied for fifth in its new conference, will play in a far better bowl (Buffalo Wild Wings, formerly the Insight Bowl) with a better payoff on a better date (Dec. 29th) against a major-conference team (Michigan State).
Below, I recap every Texas FBS program's game, based as always on the order of this week's Power Poll rankings.
By Jake Shaw
TexasFootball.com
2) TCU (7-5, 4-5 in Big 12)
The mob said: Oklahoma by 6.5
So said I: Oklahoma 29, TCU 22
What actually happened: TCU fans (and the coaches/players for that matter) probably have two legitimate beefs with the officials from the 24-17 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday. One was a missed field goal that to many eyes appeared to be good. The other was far more consequential. TCU's final offensive play was a pass that sailed through the hands of receiver Josh Boyce, though it also appeared there was some contact with some OU defensive backs before the ball arrived. But neither call went TCU's way, representative of TCU's season at its newly-renovated football stadium. TCU entered the season with a national-best 24-game conference winning streak and pushed the to 25 after beating Kansas on the road. But the Frogs would go on to lose all four of their conference home games, first to Iowa State days after TCU lost QB Casey Pachall for the season due to off-field issues, and closing with the loss to the Sooners. Oklahoma played the better game but never put TCU away, and the Frogs made the most of their limited chances. They scored on a one-play drive after a turnover, then scored on an 80-yard pass-and-catch on another one-play scoring drive, this one midway through the third quarter to make it a 21-14 deficit. The teams traded field goals, and TCU got the ball back with 2:48 to go and drove 60 yards before stalling inside the OU 20.
Star of the game: Though 80 of his 231 passing yards came on one play, Trevone Boykin also made plays with his feet, rushing for 36 yards (second only to B.J. Catalon) and one touchdown. Boykin was sacked twice but probably avoided a couple more with his elusive running in the pocket.
Key number: 3, the number of times TCU converted on 15 third-down attempts. TCU struggled on third downs in 2012, converting just 34 percent of the time and only 25 percent in its five losses.
What's next: The fifth-place team in the Mountain West is playing its bowl game Dec. 15th in the New Mexico Bowl. So as tough as this first Big 12 season was for the Frogs, the payoff has been immediate. TCU, tied for fifth in its new conference, will play in a far better bowl (Buffalo Wild Wings, formerly the Insight Bowl) with a better payoff on a better date (Dec. 29th) against a major-conference team (Michigan State).
