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SB Nation: TCU Football Bowl Projections

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Mean Purple

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ShreveFrog said:
^^^ I believe this is true. As I pointed out in another thread, ST's Steven Johnson attributed comment from TCU to an unnamed spokesperson. Why? Why can't someone put their name on that statement? Was it Cohen? The interim AD? The hell's going on? Too much smoke here for me to believe that TCU was simply passed over.
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I'm tellin' y'all. That unnamed source dude is a bad ass and has had an incredible career. dude is like forest gump. He's everywhere.
 
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Mean Purple

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y2kFrog said:
A couple of thoughts.

As people have said if we did indeed decline, no one would ever admit it. Especially, after everybody skipped us over (don’t think that wouldn’t be intentional)

Even we didn’t decline an invitation, our AD was too busy looking for another job to make sure we got our rightful place.
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yeah. seems likely they gambled and got burned. Liberty is a primetime broadcast on Friday night of Christmas week. Good slot. Rate is the day after Christmas but in the Valley of the Sun.
 
Frogs1983

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froglash88 said:
I don’t remember USC getting sent to a lesser bowl than they deserved.

This is a crap bowl and not what the players deserved.
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They certainly were not impressed with playing TCU as I recall. I have seen several TCU "fans" ragging on the quality of opponent for the N.M. Bowl.
 
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satis1103

satis1103

DAOTONPYH EHT LIAH LLA
After the start we had, 8-4 and bowling anywhere is good. Louisiana is an interesting enough opponent, does just as much for me as facing the 7th place B10 team or whatever. The vitriol surprises me. If I were a New Mexico native I'd be very irritated at the trashing of my home.

It's rich, coming from people like us who reside in basically a flat, 60-miles-in-any-direction strip mall highlighted by concrete and overly expensive corporate crap. I loved my time visiting NM and am actively considering whether it's smart financially to squeeze in this trip.
 
froginmn

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An-Cap Frog said:
A game against LSU or Arkansas without Bech and Williams?

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It will be interesting to see the actual opt outs fill in that list. Opt outs will kill interest in bowl games (it's tough enough to get interested for BC-Nebraska at Yankee Stadium; now take away a number of players that got the teams there).

Curious to see how many players opt out of playoff games.
 
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tetonfrog

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I cannot believe that some fans here are surprised we got passed over by several bowls.

First, the perception of our school is that we got boat-raced 65-7 and has never gotten over it. I doubt we ever will. We have been publicly called out a ton during every playoff discussion to make sure another "TCU doesn't happen again" while they forget that we beat Michigan along the way to the massacre. It is going to happen every year until the Super League is formed.

Second, about a month ago, most of the fans here wanted to fire the coaching staff, the AD and anyone in the TCU higher administration who wouldn't support that. Many fans said they would not give another cent to TCU unless that happened even if it cost the school $50 million.

Third, even after we win 5 of 6 to end the season, most fans on here argue that we didn't beat anyone good. The reason for our success is our soft schedule. Our biggest win over Tech was a fluke because they let their QB run the ball late instead of giving it to their stud RB. Our attendance at ACS reflected that lukewarm support.

Why would a bowl official who does his research (read this and other fan websites) invite TCU? The same Frog fans who made jokes about Memphis and the Liberty Bowl are the same ones howling that we weren't invited or passed on it. Why invite a small, disgruntled TCU fan base when Tech, KSU or even BU will travel better? We reap what we sow.

This reminds of the bowl game during Jeff Ballard's senior season. We beat Tech that year, but lost to BYU and Utah. We ended up in the Poinsetta Bowl again and thumped Northern Illinois. No one was happy at the end of that year either.
 

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