Before a sell-out crowd of more than 64,000 people TCU defeated OR, 47-41.
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The Ducks have outscored Big 12 opponents 61-7 in their last six quarters in Alamo Bowl games when their victory over Texas two seasons ago is included.
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The Mountaineers kept going at Brown, though, and Shelton Gibson blew past him for a 59-yard touchdown in the second quarter.
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TCU coach Gary Patterson says senior Bram Kohlhausen is likely to start at quarterback, after Trevone Boykin’s bar fight and suspension near the team hotel this week. Kohlhausen scored on a 2-yard run seven plays later.
“This is a storybook ending”, said Kohlhausen, who lost his father to cancer during the season. It was the second touchdown catch of the year for Austin. “He was my best friend”. “I don’t think anybody walking out of that tunnel in the second half really had a doubt that with their quarterback out, 31 points, we get something on the board, we get a couple of turnovers, defensive plays well …”
The Oregon Ducks will take on the TCU Horned Frogs tonight in the Valero Alamo Bowl.
An Oregon official said there would be no immediate update on Adams’ condition. Jeff Lockie drove OR to a field goal that made it 31-0 at halftime, but the Ducks stalled.
So Patterson took it upon himself to boost TCU’s mojo: He traded that black shirt and visor for purple ones, hoping the change in wardrobe might alter the Frogs’ fortunes in the second half.
OR set a school record for most points in the first quarter of a bowl game and tied the Alamo Bowl record with 21 points in the opening quarter. And instead, Bram forced his way into TCU lore, finishing with 351 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, 45 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.
TCU seems to play their best as the underdog with their backs against the wall, look for the Horned Frogs to come out and give everything they have to pull off the upset and secure their eleventh win of the season.
TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin is arrested in San Antonio and charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest after fighting at a bar and striking a bicycle patrol officer ahead of Saturday’s Alamo Bowl.
OR running back Royce Freeman answered with a 1-yard touchdown run to tie the score at 38.
Both teams exchanged touchdowns in the first overtime period, followed by a pair of field goals in the second overtime. TCU then cut the lead to 31-28, after an Aaron Green touchdown run, and a successful 2-point conversion with 3:32 left in the game.
The Nittany Lions (7-6) played more than half the game without star quarterback Christian Hackenberg, who left in the second quarter with a right shoulder injury. After the game, he declared for the National Football League draft.
The Bulldogs (10-3) won their fifth consecutive game to close the season. That alone should have provided the spark TCU needed to finish off its season on a high note.
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The Wildcats (6-7) finished a season below. Matt Lubick called plays for the Ducks for the first time after being promoted from wide receivers coach to offensive coordinator this week.
