TCU Vs. Baylor Final Score: Baylor Shocks No. 14 TCU, 50-48

by Jeremy Mauss on Sep 2, 2011 9:46 PM PDT in TCU Football

Final - 9.2.2011	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU Horned Frogs	16	7	0	25	48
Baylor Bears	14	20	13	3	50

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What a game. Due to the magnitude here is a quick recap about the game, and assuming our TCU writer Ben recovers from not seeing this game live due to being at wedding tonight, he will have a much more indepth recap of the game. The 50 points that the TCU defense gave up was the most since TCU lost 70-35 to Texas Tech in 2004.

So about that TCU defense? So much for the pair of TCU defenders who said they would have the number one defense for the third straight year. The secondary was burned all night by wide receiver Kendall Wright who had 189 yards and two touchdowns, plus he completed two pass for 55 yards and a touchdown. Wide receiver Terrance Willams had 126 yards and two touchdowns. Quarterback Robert Griffin III redeemed himself mightily after last years game with 359 passing yards and five touchdowns.

The TCU rush defense was not much better as they gave up 120 yards to Terrance Ganaway. He was able to make play after play and the TCU defensive line could do very little to stop him. The Baylor offense tonight was amazing and walked all over the TCU defense.

Even with TCU losing tonight there were positives which were on the offensive side of the ball. First off, the amazing 25 point four quarter led by first time starter Casey Pachall was amazing. Pachall ended up the night with 251 yards and four touchdowns, so we do know that TCU's offense is there and that they can hang with everyone. Three of Pachall four touchdowns came in the fourth quarter comeback and he looks to be the real deal. The one TCU player that I am very excited to see more of is Skye Dawson who is an all-purpose player who is also a track star. Dawson returned kicks, caught two passes and rushed three times for 44 yards. He is looking like the next TCU special teams play maker.

The game eventually came down to Baylor's Aaron Jones who kicked a 37 yard field goal with 1:07 left which won the game for Baylor. What an amazing game for both teams. With the loss it snaps TCU's 25-game regular season winning streak. One person to feel bad for is TCU kicker Ross Evans who missed two field goals and an extra point, those misses were not the reason TCU loss but who knows what the outcome would have been had he made one of those missed field goals from the first half.

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I may never forgive Ross Evans...

For missing two field goals in the Utah game three years ago (coincidentally TCU’s last regular season loss before today). Had he made those kicks Utah would have lost that game and Boise State would have went to the Sugar Bowl and beat up on Alabama instead of losing to TCU in the Poinsettia Bowl. That was the very last game that I ever rooted for TCU to win and they lost it because Evans could not make those kicks.

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by BSU Guru on Sep 2, 2011 10:14 PM PDT reply actions

I recall

watching that game on TV. That Utah game was more directly involved since those misses were late in the game. These misses while still a big did not directly related to the outcome tonight.

That was the same kicker? Didn’t realize that.

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by Jeremy Mauss on Sep 2, 2011 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions

TCU would’ve outranked you in that instance and they would’ve gone to the Sugar Bowl and beaten the tar out of ’bama.

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by HawkeyedFrog on Sep 2, 2011 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Do you carry a grudge against Brotzman too

Football is a team effort. Blaming one player for a loss isn’t fair.

by Utah-UCLA alum on Sep 3, 2011 7:22 AM PDT up reply actions

TCU

I watched the whole exciting game. I think TCU is a very good team.

Despite TCU losing a number of players from their defense especially in the secondary the defense is still very formidable. Both Tank Carder and Tanner Brock are back and those two guys are NFL high draft picks.

I am a big-proponent of the hurry up and no huddle. Many teams that run this scheme can be successful offensively even when on paper their offense is perceived to be weaker than the opposing defense. IMO if Baylor plays TCU straight up, .i.e. they run a conventional huddle up offense, they would have lost.

Utah jumped Alabama early in the Sugar Bowl using this scheme. Oregon runs the hurry up now and they are wildly successful. The Buffalo Bills ran the K-gun for years and because of it went to the Super Bowl 4 straight years. New England ran a hurry up the year Tom Brady threw >50 TDs and also went undefeated.

TCU hot out schemed last night by Baylor. TCU still almost won. And they still have a good defense. College teams always have new players coming in and TCU retooled for 3 straight years to be the number 1 defense in college football. There corners weren’t that bad last night. The Baylor QB put the ball on target. The long TDs were not the result of a blown assignment. I see TCU winning all their games with the exception of the Boise game. That one to me is a toss up.

by Utah-UCLA alum on Sep 3, 2011 7:38 AM PDT reply actions

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“…and also went undefeated until the Giants beat them”. NE lost in the Super Bowl. My favorite NFL team the Miami Dolphins are the only undefeated professional team. (hoping they pop that champagne cork again somewhere down the season with Coach Shula)

by Utah-UCLA alum on Sep 3, 2011 7:42 AM PDT up reply actions