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Stallion wrote:TCU is 5 Deep at RB too. That was the backup last week running. Their 3rd stringer rushed for over 100 the week before. Their 4th stringer is a home run hitter. Their 5th Top RB is a 4 star

Ha! Baylor and TCU are back to back in NCAA rushing stats

Baylor 230 ypg
TCU 227 ypg

No significant difference-I take that back TCU averages and incredible 5.7 yards per rush while Baylor averages 4.6 yards per rush. Statistically a slight advantage for TCU which has played better schedule

I don't care what stats TCU ran up on other teams- I care how they match up head to head if I am betting on a matchup.

Head to head BU limited TCU to around less than 4.5 per carry other than the one long run where they blitzed out of position for barely above 100 yards and TCU had one to two other long runs on a play BU adjusted to and shut down still skewing the average.

BU had 5.5 per carry and over 250 yards and TCU had no answer and the last few drives were even bigger evidence of it running it down their throat.

I don't care how many good backs they have, I care which team won the line of scrimmage and BU was far more consistent in that regard. Rushing success and yards per possession were heavily in BU's favor for a reason and that is more likely to replicate itself in a rematch than TCU getting +2 in turnovers with 2 non-offensive scores. I would heavily favor Baylor as I feel the BU lines will beat the TCU lines more often than not.

BU had almost double the first downs, double the rushing yards, and around 100 more passing yards- they had the consistent plays you would expect to be the norm if the teams played 10 games. TCU had the low % plays like the long pass into double coverage, the 4th and forever td bomb, the long run when BU stunted out of position, and the non-offensive scores. Which is likely to be reliable? I'll take consistent head to head result.

Does anyone from TCU acknowledge the 5 turnovers WV handed them in their own territory in the game they won on a last second fg? They should have been beaten just as badly as Baylor. But they did win.

mrydel wrote:Does anyone from TCU acknowledge the 5 turnovers WV handed them in their own territory in the game they won on a last second fg? They should have been beaten just as badly as Baylor. But they did win.

Haha, was thinking the same thing. WV gave that game away.

No bias on either side though. Fans of both teams can cherry pick the others best and worst moments, but at the end of the day they are very similar teams (assuming both win out) so the tie-breaker will naturally go to the head-to-head winner.

mrydel wrote:Does anyone from TCU acknowledge the 5 turnovers WV handed them in their own territory in the game they won on a last second fg? They should have been beaten just as badly as Baylor. But they did win.

Yes WV fumbled 5 times...consider it acknowledged. We should have beaten them by 21+.

We lost to both teams. TCU scored 56 and Baylor 45. More than what we have scored all season.

Yep, the Big 12 can sneak one, maybe even 2 privates in to the playoff.
Then you will have all the other Power conferences screaming bloody
murder and force the Big 12 to expand to get their conference championship...

..And here SMU sits in a world of SHI_ITE.

Looks like temperatures will be in 20s with winds at 12 mph and prediction of 3-5 inches of snow. look for TCU to run the ball like they have the last 2 weeks. they've gotten most of their yards on the ground in the last few weeks