Poinsettia Bowl

Poinsettia Bowl

TCU vs. Boise St.






TCU played a good schedule and finished with a very impressive 10-2 record and some key wins along the way. Boise St finished undefeated at 12-0 but were overlooked by the BCS folks and Utah got the coveted invite to play against Alabama. The question will be would this motivate Boise St or depress them as instead of a BCS game they play TCU in San Diego.

The Frogs faced 5 bowl-caliber teams and went 3-2 SU but 2-3 ATS outscoring those opponents 22-14 & out gaining them 392-274. BSU faced 8 bowl eligible teams and went 8-0 SU and 6-2 ATS outscoring them by 20 ppg and out gaining them by 97 ypg. The bottom lie is both these teams are good teams and if not for Utah they both could be in a better position. Utah beat TCU on a last second play and they remained undefeated zipping by Boise to the BCS.

The snub was taken harder by Boise St and in a match up of two good teams I like to focus on the defensive side of the ball. The defense for TCU has been outstanding and has allowed 7 or more points in just five games this season. The frogs have a huge defensive line and know how to apply pressure and shut down a good offense. In fact only one team this year has scored over 14 against them and that was Oklahoma and they just held them to 35 points.

Motivation is on the side of TCU to win this game and knock out an undefeated team. The line says the rest. The line itself also speaks volumes as an undefeated Boise Team finds themselves as 2 point dogs. TCU is 8-2 ATS as favorite and
23-12 ATS in all games. TCU has covered six of its last seven as favorites of up to three points and 25 of 34 as the chalk overall. The Frogs have also cashed five of seven against WAC foes.

TCU Horned Frogs -2.5