BREAKING: Non-AQ Rejoice As TCU Wins Rose

Tank Carder's batted-down pass by Wisconsin's Scott Tolzien preserved the 2-point lead of TCU in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

Waymon James converted a key third-down and four with under a minute-and-a-half to go and TCU gives the "little guy" everywhere hope in the big bowl games as TCU holds on to win the Rose Bowl 21-19.

TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson said: "This is for everybody. I got texts from Boise State today. I got texts from all across the country and we won this for TCU First. I can't tell you how much I love my guys.

"I can't say enough about Andy Dalton."

Andy Dalton added: "It sounds amazing. We're thrilled and we're happy with victory. We weren't just playing for TCU we were playing for all the little guys out there today."

When Carder was asked about the game-preserver: "It's just the way it happened. I went to go blitz and I just jumped up and swatted it away. It feels so good to bring this win back for TCU and for the program."

Now it looks like Bob Schieffer gets to collect on his bet from Madison's WISC-TV's Susan Siman... evidence below...
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TWTW: I Guess We Follow TCU Now...???

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Only in the sense of the idea that they'd be the prime non Automatic Qualifier to get an at-large bid for the college football alphabet games...

There was wanton destruction of Utah today, but instead of it being in Fort Worth it was at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.

TCU exorcised all their road WAC-based demons in this one, winning 47-7...

Sarah Dallof does a very unpopular fan piece and live shot...

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Andy Dalton passed for a career-high 355 yards and 3TD's, and receiver Jeremy Kerley, a quarterback in high school, even threw a TD pass as the fourth-ranked Horned Frogs, now 10-0/6-0 in the Mountain West Conference, jumped out to an early 20-0 lead, quieting a sellout crowd dressed in black for a "blackout" game.

Didn't Georgia teach you about that one...???

By halftime, the Horned Frogs had outgained Utah 328-72 for a 23-0 lead. The loss snapped Utah's 21-game home winning streak and dropped the Utes to 8-1/5-1.

Shame this rivalry goes its separate ways...

Bowling For Dollars: Fiesta Bowl Reaction

It's TCU and Boise in an absolute, as Ol' JR says, slobber-knocker...
These two should pack Arizona with a lot of folks and a great ball game...
The first time that two undefeated schools play in a BCS game and still not play for a title...

Hmmm....

Here's how TCU celebrated their bid...
Thanks to our friends at MyFoxDFW and Sophia Reza...


The Brncos have been to the Fiesta before, but this time we think there won't be any marriage proposals after the game in 2010...

Here's the reaction from our friends at KTVB-TV...
Justin Corr takes the lead...


This is a rematch of last year's Poinsettia Bowl...
By the way, it's pronounced Poin-Set-Uh...
Not Poin-Set-Tea-Uh...

TWTW: TCU Asks What Is A Ute, New Mexico Still Sucks

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A busy day in the state of Utah...

Mike Locksley is still coaching a crappy football team... whether one is related to the other is still yet to be empirically proven through scientific means...

Max Hall tossed for two scores and BYU woke up when they needed to to win 24-19... Here's your highlights,, thanks to KSL and the mtn...

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Then, there's our friends at TCU...
They ran the hell over Utah 55-28...

"If the nation didn't think that this was enough style points, then I don't know what is," coach Gary Patterson said. "We're just going to go about our business."

The Horned Frogs (10-0, 6-0) stretched their winning streak to 12 games. With a record crowd of 50,307 at Amon G Carter and representatives from the Orange, Rose and Fiesta bowls watching from the AD's box, the fourth ranked team in the country now waits for someone to stumble...

Unfortunately, they need two teams to stumble...
Here's your highlights again, thanks to KSL and CBS-CSTV...

TWTW: TCU Asserts BCS Buster Move, Takes Out BYU 38-7

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Andy Dalton passed for 241 yards and three touchdowns and No. 10 TCU remained unbeaten with a 38-7 win over 16th-ranked BYU on Saturday.

The Horned Frogs (7-0, 3-0 Mountain West) continued their march to what they hope is a BCS berth with their eighth straight victory and routed the Cougars (6-2, 3-1) for the second year in a row.

BYU, which had won 13 straight conference home games, was hoping to avenge a 32-7 loss at TCU last year that ended the Cougars' 16-game winning streak.

Here's Rod Zundel standing in front of a green screen with some fancy graphics...

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Who Will Be The New Coach At Clemson

Should the Clemson Tigers defeat South Carolina this weekend than the Tigers would be bowl eligible. It would be another feather in the hat for Dabo Swinney, who took over in mid-season and is 3-2 since and with impressive road wins at Boston College and at Virginia

Swinney has taken full grasp of the offense getting the ball to Clemson's playmakers. C.J. Spiller and Aaron Kelly have benefited from that.

The success Dabo Swinney has had taking over has lead to a grass roots movement from Clemson fans in favor of Swinney to have the job. Many Tiger fans believe if athletic director Terry Don Phillips is considering hiring a coordinator than there is no reason why Swinney shouldn't be the guy.

Here's what we know. Phillips has had interviewed Oklahoma defensive coordinator Brent Venables, Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster, University of Illinois offensive coordinator Mike Locksley and Lane Kiffin. OSG reported that Kiffin appears to be headed to Tennessee. It has also been reported that TCU head coach Gary Patterson interviewed yesterday for the job.

2 names I would also look to are Buffalo head coach Turner Gill and outgoing Tennessee coach Phil Fulmer. OSG has no confirmation that they are on the radar screen at Clemson but just playing a hunch. Gill has brought the Bulls from irrelevance to the MAC Championship Game after winning the Eastern Division. Fulmer still has the fire to coach and would seem to be a good fit at Clemson.

It is of OSG's opinion that Dabo Swinney is a virtual lock to get the job however, things might be interesting now that a formal interview with Patterson has taken place. Patterson is ready to make the leap to a BCS school and according to OSG sources, made it known that he was interested in the position. Patterson was up for the vacant Kansas State job but backed out when negotiations broke down.

Candidates For Clemson Head Coaching Job

Clemson Athletic Director Terry Don Phillips has a decision to make, who will be the Tigers next head football coach. Phillips has hired 2 head football coaches in his A.D. career, both at Oklahoma State. His first was Les Miles who didn't do a bad job with the Cowboys but not anywhere near the success he's had at LSU. Actually, Dirk Koetter was the first choice but turned it down, then Phillips went to his plan B, Les Miles. The other was current head football coach Mike Gundy whose doing a great job now in Stillwater.

Here are some names that Clemson might consider:

Will Muschamp – Texas Defensive Coordinator: Muschamp might be a good fit. He is definitely charismatic and has been a hot coaching commodity of late. Tommy Bowden wanted to hire Muschamp as his defensive coordinator 3-plus years ago but he turned down the opportunity. Maybe the head coaching job would be more to his liking.

Gary Patterson – TCU Head Coach: I’ve heard that Patterson is thought of highly by Clemson Athletic Director Terry Don Phillips and Patterson would be interested in coming to Clemson. He’s had a great deal of success at TCU. If your looking for a front runner Patterson might be it.

Bobby Johnson – Vanderbilt Head Coach: Played at Clemson and the success Johnson is having at Vanderbilt ups his stock. But is Johnson a good fit for a school like Clemson?

Dabo Swinney – Clemson Assistant Head Coach: This is a legit audition for Swinney. If he can have a positive impact in Clemson’s remaining 6 games then the Tigers may already have their man.

Bill Cowher – Former Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach: He’s out there, not coaching. Clemson is a great college job. Cowher might be swayed to get back on the sidelines.

Bronco Mendenhall – BYU Head Coach: He’s probably content in Provo but Mendenhall’s success at BYU if definitely worth putting out a feeler.

Mike Leach – Texas Tech Head Coach: A long shot and has Leach maxed out what he can do at Texas Tech? If the Tigers are going for offense then I’m sure Leach is on the list.

Jim Grobe – Wake Forest Head Coach: Why? It would be a lateral move but it would be a great hire if he is interested.