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The marquee ESPN game will be UGA v. OSU in the Peach Bowl, Atlanta, GA at 8p. That puts M v. TCU at 4pm in the Fiesta, Glendale AZ.
At least I figured out where TCU is - Fort Worth Texas - a nice place. I don't know anything at all about TCU other than they lost to #10 Kansas State yesterday in their CCG and the Big XII throws it around a lot and doesn't play much defense. I did not see any of the game as this was one of those Saturdays where social priorities ruled the day.
I don't know if there's ways to compare M's win over pass happy Purdue that throws the ball a lot and M's potential for a win v. TCU. Yes, Purdue is unranked and plays in a weak league - weaker than the BIGXII? Probably not and, I'll bet Illinois, Iowa and maybe Minny or Wisconsin have better defenses than TCU. Out of that bunch, Purdue beat Illinois and Minnesota. Purdue played PSU as a cross over game and nearly won that game.
The point is that despite Purdue being almost exclusively a throw it around football team, M's D did it's usual thing to them allowing 3 FGs and a TD in the first half and a measly 2 FGs in the second. Purdue threw for a lot of yardage but couldn't punch it in when they actually were in the red zone, 2x inside the 10. TCU can run the ball, unlike Purdue and had 218 yards, half of that on Dugan's legs - so TCU's offense presents a considerably different threat to M's run defense than Purdue. They also have a more balanced offense than Purdue (passed for 259).
I'm not going with the predictions that M is going to roll TCU or are going to "fuck the fuck out of them." Duggan has to be dealt with and the threat of a running QB doing RO things is hard to negate. Red Zone play? TCU scores from the RZ 93.48% of the time, rank #8 nationally and just behind M at #7 (93.75). But, and this is interesting ........
TCU has had 50 RZ attempts, 35 TDs, 11 FGs and 4 RZ turnovers. M has had 64 RZ attempts, 43 TDs, 17 FGs and 4 TOs. M had trouble scoring TDs in the early going but has made up for it late. M's offense is hihgly efficinet based on tis measure. There are others that I'm sure will be explored over the next 3 weeks.
At least I figured out where TCU is - Fort Worth Texas - a nice place. I don't know anything at all about TCU other than they lost to #10 Kansas State yesterday in their CCG and the Big XII throws it around a lot and doesn't play much defense. I did not see any of the game as this was one of those Saturdays where social priorities ruled the day.
I don't know if there's ways to compare M's win over pass happy Purdue that throws the ball a lot and M's potential for a win v. TCU. Yes, Purdue is unranked and plays in a weak league - weaker than the BIGXII? Probably not and, I'll bet Illinois, Iowa and maybe Minny or Wisconsin have better defenses than TCU. Out of that bunch, Purdue beat Illinois and Minnesota. Purdue played PSU as a cross over game and nearly won that game.
The point is that despite Purdue being almost exclusively a throw it around football team, M's D did it's usual thing to them allowing 3 FGs and a TD in the first half and a measly 2 FGs in the second. Purdue threw for a lot of yardage but couldn't punch it in when they actually were in the red zone, 2x inside the 10. TCU can run the ball, unlike Purdue and had 218 yards, half of that on Dugan's legs - so TCU's offense presents a considerably different threat to M's run defense than Purdue. They also have a more balanced offense than Purdue (passed for 259).
I'm not going with the predictions that M is going to roll TCU or are going to "fuck the fuck out of them." Duggan has to be dealt with and the threat of a running QB doing RO things is hard to negate. Red Zone play? TCU scores from the RZ 93.48% of the time, rank #8 nationally and just behind M at #7 (93.75). But, and this is interesting ........
TCU has had 50 RZ attempts, 35 TDs, 11 FGs and 4 RZ turnovers. M has had 64 RZ attempts, 43 TDs, 17 FGs and 4 TOs. M had trouble scoring TDs in the early going but has made up for it late. M's offense is hihgly efficinet based on tis measure. There are others that I'm sure will be explored over the next 3 weeks.
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