Frogs meet Broncos in Poinsettia Bowl tonight
by JazzyUte on Dec 23, 2008 11:21 AM MST
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PrintIf ever there was a statement game by the two biggest non-BCS conferences, this is it. In what many are calling a BCS worthy bowl, the Boise State Broncos take on the TCU Horned Frogs tonight at six on ESPN.
For Boise State, who is 12-0 and once again snubbed from the BCS because of Utah, it offers them a chance to prove their standing. A victory over TCU goes along way toward making the case they deserved a shot at the BCS. A loss and all that talk amounts to nothing more than just hype.
Not as much is on the line for the Frogs, who were eliminated from BCS contention after their loss to Utah last month. However, it is still an important game, since they will be carrying the Mountain West banner and there is huge momentum to be gained from a game like this.
So what should we expect tonight? Well the Broncos aren't nearly as explosive on offense as they were two seasons ago when they stunned Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. Sure, they have the ability and weapons to burn up the scoreboard, but this has generally been a defensive first team. The same can be said for TCU, as well, since the Frogs have one of the best defenses in the country. That tells me this will be a fairly low scoring game and I've got to think that favors the Frogs, but we'll see.
With all that said, who do you think wins tonight and by what?
I'll say TCU by ten, 20-10.
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big Frog fans tonight.
TCU wins 24-13
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Doesn't really affect us
except it’s a good argument the next time the potato-zoob trolls come out to play. Other than that, TCU winning their bowl game means very little to us.
Everyone hates a pink-shirt-wearing communist.
by displacedute on Dec 23, 2008 1:11 PM MST up reply actions
Strongly disagree...
if TCU beats BSU it means a lot for the conference and the Utes.
For people to see that the #2 team in the MWC can beat the #1 undefeated team in the WAC is huge. Plus Utah already beat TCU so it they turn around and beat Boise then the Broncos really have no claim to be in the same discussion as the Utes.
This is a huge game or the MWC.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I think a win by TCU helps Utah more than a loss would hurt Utah.
If that makes sense. I think TCU winning validates Utah as the best non-BCS team, while a loss would keep fresh the discussion that the Broncos should’ve had a chance at the BCS. It doesn’t prove they’re better than Utah, but it keeps the debate alive.
I also disagree...
…with displacedute.
When does a conference gain respect? In out-of-conference games and during Bowl Season. Overall, the MWC did pretty well in their OOC games this year, but if we want anyone to start respecting the MWC, we should root for ALL the MWC teams to win their bowl games. (…ok, ok. For me, it is impossible to root for BYU. I settled for simply NOT rooting against them.)
TCU and Utah have the biggest statements to make in their bowls this year. Imagine if we BOTH win. That might turn some BCS snob heads.
As for preditctions, TCU doesn’t have the offense to put up huge numbers, but that defense is a rock. I’m saying TCU wins 41-10. Go Frogs!
Hey, I'm rooting for TCU too.
I agree that it’s best for the Utes if the MWC is considered to be strong. What I’m saying is that it doesn’t really change that much for us. The MWC is considered the best non-bcs conference, and that will likely continue unless Idaho, SJSU, NMSU, USU and LA Tech stop sucking horrifically. Even if Gary makes USU into a decent team, that’s still 4 of the bottom 20 teams in the nation.
As such, if we go undefeated we’ll get a BCS bowl whether or not TCU wins. If we don’t, we probably won’t. And they’re unlikely to let us into the BCS championship game. So TCU winning is good, because we can continue to argue with potato-zoobs, but it doesn’t change reality very much. TCU losing is bad because the potato-zoobs will increase in irritability, but again, reality won’t change much.
And Utah and TCU winning, even big, won’t mean anything. ESPN will say that TCU just beat a pretender BSU team from a non-bcs conference and Utah beat an Alabama team that hadn’t been tested and wasn’t as good as people thought. If you think ESPN will give us credit, well . . . I’ll be surprised.
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by displacedute on Dec 23, 2008 5:14 PM MST up reply actions
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