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Horned FrogsEight of the 10 Big XII teams made bowls in addition to two of the three local teams. These are their stories.
Poinsettia Bowl
TCU 31, Louisiana Tech 24
Classic case of a team that had higher bowl aspirations that plays down in the bowl they actually get into. TCU is better than Louisiana Tech and the Frogs had to score 14 in the fourth quarter to eke out the win. Frogs cap off a 10-win season along with the bowl win. Under Gary Patterson, the Frogs have gone to bowls in 11 of 12 years. They've won seven of those bowls. The Frogs have won the Poinsettia three times.
Fiesta Bowl
Oklahoma State vs. Stanford
The question is whether Andrew Luck can keep up with the Pokes' offense. The other question is whether either team will be terribly rusty after two months off.
Cotton Bowl
Kansas State vs. Arkansas
A pretty good little game. Arkansas has two losses. It so happens those two losses came against the top two teams in the nation, LSU and Alabama. Arkansas could very well be the third best team in the nation.
BBVA Compass Bowl
SMU vs. Pittsburgh
A nice little test for the Mustangs have a newsy several days including moving to the Big East and the June Jones drama with Arizona State.
Independence Bowl
Missouri vs. North Carolina
I don't think the Tigers are very good despite wins against ranked Texas and Texas A&M (which might not be as good as the polls say). The Tigers move to the SEC next year and the only real hope I would have them beating the Tar Heels is that North Carolina isn't that good and they were even worse (1-5) on the road. This is a veritable home game for the Tigers.
Insight Bowl
Oklahoma vs. Iowa
Oklahoma should win, but watch out for the trap game for the team that underperformed all year. The Sooners might beat the Hawkeyes nonetheless.
Holiday Bowl
Texas vs. California
California is terrible and hasn't beat a single team of note all season. The Longhorns are 8-4 in bowl games under Mack Brown including four of five BCS games, the one loss coming in the national championship against Alabama. Texas brings a rebuilding project with one of the saltier defenses in the nation.
Alamo Bowl
Baylor vs. Washington
Didn't fully realize that Baylor went 7-0 in conference. Robert Griffin III is pretty, pretty good. I doubt he's going to get un-good in front of a home crowd.
Meineke Car Care Bowl
Texas A&M vs. Northwestern
Yuck. Happy effin' New Year.
Pinstripe Bowl
Iowa State vs. Rutgers
The Cyclones will probably get beat by the superior Rutgers team. Still, that shouldn't take away from a 6-6 record in the nation's toughest conference. The Cyclones have been to seven bowls since 2000.
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