TCU vs. Oregon State Recap

by Ben Findley on Sep 5, 2010 10:25 AM PDT in Mountain West Football

Final - 9.4.2010	1	2	3	4	Total
Oregon St. Beavers	7	7	7	0	21
TCU Horned Frogs	7	14	7	2	30

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Since I'm still on the road and didn't have the greatest view of the game last night (corner endzone) I am probably going to try to get a full recap out once I have re-watched the game on the DVR in the comfort of my living room. But here are some quick & random thoughts:

-JerryWorld is EPIC. But Jerry Jones is still a money-grubbing tool. You'd think after paying for a $40 tailgating pass he could supply more than one port-a-potty within 100 yards, but then again I am not the business mastermind that JJ is.

-Kudos to the Beaver fans came out in full force. At least 7,000 showed up in orange and they came to party. Seemed like good people to me, but I'm sure the Boise fans lurking here will correct me.

-Thought the new Nike Pro Combat uniforms looked pretty slick in person.

-Attendance for the game was a solid 46,138 which I think is outstanding considering this game was vastly overpriced and consisted of a small private school and a school 2,000 miles away. A big hats off to all the Beaver and Frog fans who made the game.

-Throwing the ball on 3rd and 1 in field goal range is INEXCUSABLE. I said it earlier and will say it again. RUN. THE. BALL. Worst case scenario if you run it? 3 points. Worst case scenario if you pass? Interception (which happened).

-Pass rush didn't look great and seemed like Katz had enough time to make himself a sandwhich standing in the pocket a few times last night.

-TCU defensive secondary looked a little shaky, Greg McCoy especially.

-Will TCU ever be ready for a fake punt?

-Thought it was interesting that Ed Wesley and Matthew Tucker shouldered the entire running back load last night. Wonder when we will see Aundre Dean and Waymon James? Wesley did look like a beast last night and was running ANGRY for a little guy.

-Fastest Frog Skye Dawson had a coming out party last night with 4 catches for 69 yards which is impressive considering he didn't record a catch last year.

-Good early win for the Frogs and hopefully the Beavers can start racking up some wins of their own to boost TCU's S.O.S.

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I obviously didn't see the unis in person,

but I’m not a fan of them in pictures. TCU’s standard uniforms (and last year’s Nike specials) looked far better.

What is it with Nike trying to get rid of as much of a school’s colors on the uniforms as possible? In TCU’s case, both purple and white are relegated to trim colors; the black and gray are the dominant ones.

They’re doing the same thing to other schools as well, and I just don’t get it.

;-)

by David Hooper on Sep 5, 2010 10:42 AM PDT reply actions

So true

by Gokyle45 on Sep 5, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions

Unis need to go!

Your assessment Hooper is spot on. Last year’s were wearable, this year’s reminded me of the Oregon Duck clown suits they always wear. I like the traditional unis Nike designed for TCU, which I believe they now revert to wearing? The black pants are far more sleek and keep the purple, white, black jerseys!

by HornedFrog1992 on Sep 6, 2010 6:01 AM PDT up reply actions

I kind of like them

but see your point when TCU usually wears all dark. I like last years NIke unis much better

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by Jeremy Mauss on Sep 6, 2010 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions

I thought the lizard skin helmet and pants looked good.

I notice the TCU ran several pistol plays then ended up in good gains.

TCU current offense is a perfect fit for the pistol. Good RBs with a good mobile QB with a good arm.

UCLA went with the Pistol for most game and they did pretty good with it.

by WolfpackNev on Sep 5, 2010 11:21 AM PDT reply actions

the option came out of no where and looked great.

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by Jeremy Mauss on Sep 5, 2010 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions

that option has to be so frustrating for the opposing team, it seemed like it went for about 6 yards every single time. the defense looked like it got its mojo going especially in the second half and held an explosive offense to 21. not sold on Dalton the passer, but I feel he can lead the team through the rest of the schedule.

Making sense of it all takes a whole lot a concentration

by plainview88 on Sep 5, 2010 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions