Does TCU have a chance to beat ou this year?

[Lucas McCain]

I gave TCU ZERO chance to beat them a few years ago in Norman and ended up wishing I'd have put money on it! Do the froggies have a chance of beating the land thieves this year? I say no, because that game a few years ago was the first game of the season and for whatever reason, the thieves didn't have their kinks worked out quite yet while TCU played a perfect mistake free game and emerged the victor. This year it's at the end of September so I would think both teams would have their kinks worked out by then.

Full strength ou vs. Full strength TCU = ou wins

Also I think Bobby probably heard quite a bit after that about the frogs beating them IN Norman and will definitely be looking for some revenge. If I were a betting man, should I take the frogs side for this one? I will DEFINITELY be taking the frog's side that day, but I mean if I was a betting man. Does anyone think they can pull it off?

 

[l00p]

No, I don't think so. I guess anybody has a "chance" since any team can beat another team ...blah blah blah. But no, I don't think so.

 

[Sooner-Tuf]

Sure they have a chance, it is why games are played.

 

[Black Ninja]

Keep in mind ANYTHING could happen........but I really don't see ANY chance whatsoever. I think this could be a real good year for the Sooners.

 

[Bevo Incognito]

No. The Horned Frogs are doomed.

There, I said it.

 

[OUEngineer]

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[CBDTexas]

TCU fans talked so much **** leading up to our game last year, I can imagine they're doing the same to OU.

Yes, anything can happen, but I'd say TCU's chances are slim. So to answer your question: I do not think TCU will pull it off.

 

[notreally]

considering TCU wasn't that good last year, i would say no. however, if one of the other TCU teams of the last few years shows up they certainly have a chance.

it seems we will be too strong and deep for them, but they are certainly no slouch.

 

[l00p]

Bob Stoops starts seasons off well but usually does not end them well. So TCU has little chance unless they play late in the season due to postpwnment or a bowl game.

 

[watashi]

My money says no...but will they cover?

 

[Ivan Drago]

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[I_Live_In_OK]

The '05 Horned Frogs went 11-1 and finished 9th in the coaches' poll and 11th in the AP. As mentioned, the OU team that year was substandard. Also, a promising young lineman by the name of Akim Millington quit the team right before the game; he was supposed to replace All-American Jammal Brown.

TCU is coming off an underachieving 8-5 (4-4) season, with a bowl win vs. Houston. They return 4 on the oline and 8 on a top 15 defense.

 

[HuskerNKingwood]

The bottom line regarding that game is this.

in that game in 05, OU was breaking in a new offensive line, and didn't have a solution at QB at the time.

And OU still only lost by 7, against a TCU team that went 11-1.

This year, OU has a senior QB, and all or almost all of offensive line starters are seniors.

Stoops hasn't lost a home game since that opening season loss, and has only lost two games at home since arriving in Norman.

OU by 17.

 

[cochamps]

In 2005, Bomar was new. And he sucked. He sucked big time. Unless they have taken him back, and they would if he wasn't so ******- the zeros will win handily.

 

[WorsterMan]

In a word, no. Not this year.

 

[TULAUS]

Other than all the reasons everyone else has given, what gives OU trouble more than anything is speed. Witness the last two BCS bowls. You saw two teams with inferior overall talent but superior speed basically outrun OU when it mattered. TCU does not have speed (at least they didn't last year). They will find it very difficult to move the ball.

 

[Octavian]

Stoops is 54-2 in Norman. 50 of those 54 wins were double-digit victories.


The 2 home losses for Stoops --'01 OSU and '05 TCU-- were both monumental upsets.


And the '08 offense looks like it could be our most solid offense overall since '04 in White's Sr. year.


I like OU's chances in Norman against everyone on our schedule. Not guaranteeing a win against anyone...but I like our chances. On the road? Another discussion....but at home, I feel fine.

 

[gobears92]

OU's gonna *** stomp them....hard..

 

[Bayerithe]

magic 8 ball says ... chances are slim. OU is going to be huge unless Bradford hits a sophomore slump

 

[Bigtex112]

That game has 47-3 written all over it.

 

[Salt City Sooner]

I think OU wins as well, but for your statistical anomaly of the day: TCU is 4-1 in Norman, with the only OU win (1954) coming because a TCU receiver who had just caught what would've been in all probability the game winning TD, had honesty overcome him. He'd trapped the ball on the catch, went to the refs on his own,& admitted having done so. The call was reversed & OU hung on 21-16.

 

[Stormspencer]

I see a fairly low-scoring, "ugly" type of game. TCU won't be able to score unless it's directly of turnovers. Offensively, I just don't see them having more than one or two sustained drives.

30-10 OU

 

[DRAG69]

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[OUEngineer]

Uh, Sammy is a redshirt sophomore. I'm sure this is merely a case of hopeful thinking, eh?

 

[OldHippie]

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[RP McMurphy]

NO CHANCE

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[texashorne]

If they meet in a BCS bowl game then yes.....

 

[Orangesweat]

Yes.

 

[That's Right]

I'm surprised it got all the way to DRAG before someone mentioned that.