It wasn’t the prettiest game, but the Frogs were lucky and managed to pull out the 31-24 victory over Louisiana Tech in the Poinsettia Bowl to reach the 11-win mark for the seventh time in the last nine years. With the win, Gary Patterson tied Dutch Meyer as TCU’s all-time winningest coach with his 109th victory. Let’s break this one down.
- The entire team looked off. There were way too many penalties and mistakes. The Frogs had 7 penalties for 66 yards and a couple of them were costly.
- Casey Pachall wasn’t great, but he was decent. Pachall finished 15-29 for 206 yards with 1 TD and 1 interception. Pachall also broke Andy Dalton’s single-season TCU records for completions (228) and yards (2,921). Dalton had 222 completions in 2007 and 2,857 yards passing last season. It’s amazing that Casey broke those records in just his first season as a starter.
- The Frogs rushing attack looked good I thought. Ed Wesley led TCU with 77 yards rushing on 16 carries and also added a touchdown. Waymon James had 51 yards and Pachall had 31.
- Kenny Cain, Tekerrein Cuba and Ross Forrest tied for the TCU team lead with five tackles. Forrest equaled a career-high set earlier this season against BYU.
- Skye Dawson was the offensive player of the game. Outside the one dropped pass, Skye was solid making 4 receptions for 85 yards and also scored the winning touchdown.
- As I mentioned above, Gary Patterson tied Dutch Meyer as TCU’s all-time winningest coach with his 109th victory. Patterson’s ledger now stands at 109-30 (.784), fourth-best among active coaches nationally. Meyer was 109-79-13 from 1934-52, including national championships in 1935 and 1938.
- Did anyone notice the custom headsets the TCU coaches were wearing?
- It’s great that in a rebuilding year, the Frogs still managed to get 11 wins. It really speaks to the type of coaches TCU has and the job they did this season.
- Goodbye Mountain West Conference, you will not be missed. TCU now heads to the Big 12 and I can’t wait word to Bart Scott.
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