This is a 10* BLOCKBUSTER on TCU.

No. 6 TCU is coming off a close victory against lowly Kansas before its bye week and must win and win big to impress for a spot in the College Football Playoff. The 9-1 Horned Frogs dropped from No. 4 to No. 5 in the CFP rankings after having to rally from a 10-point deficit vs. the Jayhawks for a 34-30 win on November 15th. So, barring a string of major upsets, TCU needs to close the regular season in dominant form to have a chance to get back into the top four (after today's game it plays Iowa in its finale on December 6th): "Our job is to keep our nose down and to finish the journey. That's what we're trying to get accomplished," coach Gary Patterson assessed earlier in the week. TCU is also gunning for a Big 12 title, competing with Baylor and K-State and to keep its five game win skein in tact, it will have to end Texas' three-game win streak. Texas comes in off a 28-7 win over Oklahoma State on November 15th, becoming bowl eligible under first year head coach Charlie Strong. The Longhorns have certainly looked pretty good over the last month, but I think will run into a buzzsaw here, the Horned Frogs have one of the Big 12's most dynamic offensive units, led by Trevone Boykin. In fact, TCU's 45.9 PPG trail only Baylor's 50.0 in the FBS, and its whopping 541.6 YPG ranks it in the Top five. Note that this also sets up as a revenge game for TCU after it had to deal with poor weather conditions, which caused a delay of almost four-hours, in a 30-7 home loss to the Longhorns back on October 26th, 2013. As good as Texas has been in November, the situational factors are clearly working in TCU's favor; note that the Horned Frogs are 5-2 ATS vs. conference opponents this year and 5-1 ATS in their last six following a bye week. And note that Texas is just 2-3 ATS at home this season and a poor 6-9 ATS in its last 15 off a win vs. a conference rival. In my opinion, all signs point to a blowout, play on TCU.

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