Rose Bowl- TCU vs. Wisconsin

I am from Wisconsin, so obviously I am biased...but...

I think Wisconsin scores a lot of points, but also gives up some points too.

Wisconsin's OL is so big and strong. It will be hard for TCU to stop their running game.

Wisconsin 42
TCU 28

Yes (all of the above).

West Coast-based Offense. Use lots of movement (H-Back). And their QB and passing game are underrated.

Their OC Paul Chryst had a lot of time with Oregon State's Mike Riley before going back to Madison - former Badger QB.

I am curious to see what TCu does on defense too. Will it look like an old school 4-4?

Paul Chryst is one of the most underrated coaches in the country. I listened to him speak last year at the Wisconsin coaches clinic and was so impressed by him.

So far a great game. First real stop of the game.

That fake punt, my gosh not one coach on TCU's staff noticed the punter starting to take off before the penalty was called? They should have been screaming watch the fake.

So far the speed is winning. One more quarter to go. One thing to note, as long as the TCU offense keeps driving and chewing clock their defense can rest so they don't get worn down as much in the second half.

Wow what an ending. I wonder how Ohio State's President feels now with The Little Sister of the Poor beating a school his team lost to.

Not sure why TCU's win is getting all of this post game hype. Does no one remember UTAH just 2 years ago, being the ONLY undefeated team and solidly beating Bama in the Sugar Bowl? or Boise over Oklahoma 4 years ago?

Its unfortunate since I'm a fan of theirs but Hawaii did lose to Georgia in the Sugar Bowl in 2008, .

But what a great win by TCU over Wisconsin. Ends a rough day for the B10 today, lol.

Before the game I picked TCU to win but was definitely rooting for Wisconsin.

First time I've seen Wisconsin play and wow I was impressed with their offensive line. Wisconsin was the better team. The offensive line, the backs, the defensive line. Very impressive team.

Physically TCU isn't the #2/3 team in the country. But they have "the intangibles" that let them play to that level.

That's a good point, but TCU's undergrad enrollment is only about 3,000 less than that of "The U". Granted, at those low numbers, that is a hefty percentage.

I am just surprised that the ABC coverage team was making such a big deal about a "Non AQ" team winning the Rose Bowl, as if that game had more significance than the Sugar or Fiesta bowls previously won by Utah and Boise.

I was thinking the same thing when Herbstreit start wondering aloud if the TCU win would change opinions over whether the non-BCS conference schools deserve to play for the title. I said to myself "well, based on recent history for about the last 5 years, I'd say this changes NOTHING."

I just wish the NCAA would come out and finally hone up to the fact the over 1/2 of all schools at the BCS level have absolutely no shot at winning the championship and it's all because of money. If they'd just come clean and admit that the SEC, ACC, Big 10, Pac-10, and Big 12 are where the money, ratings, and most of the fan support is and therefore constitute a seperate de facto division that gets to play by different rules, it wouldn't be nearly as frustrating as hearing the same old talking heads spewing the same tired arguments every year over "the little sisters of the poor who couldn't survive in a big conference" yet win whenever they play the best of those teams.

Actually, if they'd take this a step further and divide the BCS into 2 divisions, institute some revenue sharing from the big bowls, let the two divisions play each other in the second and third tier bowls, and have seperate championships for each, part of this problem could be solved without the playoff they fear so much. After all, besides the NC game, the bowls aren't much more than hyped up exhibition games with fat payouts attached.

As for the game, it was great, but I couldn't help but scratch my head at Wisconsin's decision to throw on the 2 point try. They were running the ball downhill at will on TCU's tired defense. Then on the biggest play of the game, they line up in the gun for a quick pass that gets batted down??? Granted, the man was wide open, but it just seemed to me like they outsmarted themselves on that one.

Agreed. I figured a downhull run was coming or boot pass. When they lined up in the gun, I couldn't believe it.