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College Football Bowl Picks TCU vs Boise State Betting Odds: The Horned Frogs (10-2) are coming off a win over Air Force 44-14 in their last game. QB Andy Dalton was 21/27 for 322 yards and 2 TD's. On the season he has 11 TD's and 4 INT's and has passed for 2046 yards. TCU is a good team, untested but they look good on paper oh wait they were tested... Twice and lost both times... well maybe they are not actually so good? TCU had only five 10-win seasons before Active ImagePatterson was promoted from defensive coordinator in December 2000. The College Football Bowl Betting Odds list TCU -2.5 favorites to Boise State heading into this matchup.

The Broncos (12-0) are coming off a win at home over Fresno State 61-10. The Broncos trailed for only the third time all season early and were up just 13-10 after halftime before Jeremy Avery ran for a 43-yard touchdown three minutes into the third quarter. Over the last six years, the WAC has the third best winning percentage in bowl games of any conference in the nation. The WAC has sent 22 teams to postseason games from 2002-07 and those teams won 54.5 percent of their games with a 12-10 record. WAC teams won one of four bowl games in 2007, three of four games in 2006, one of three games in 2005, two of four games in 2004, three of four in 2003 and two of three in 2002. The College Football Bowl Betting Odds list the total in this TCU vs Boise State game is set at 46.5 points.

"Just goes to show you how stacked this team is," Johnson said, peering from beneath his new white "WAC Champions" cap.

College Football Bowl Picks TCU vs Boise State Betting Odds: Utah barely beat TCU this season so this will be an opportunity to make a statement for the Broncos. TCU has given up 7 points or less to New Mexico, Stephen Austin, SMU, SDSU, Wyoming & Colorado St. Other than BYU and Oklahoma, almost all of TCU's opponents have been offensively challenged. Bosie ranks 12th in defense nationally.........6 of the 12 teams they faced they allowed 7 or fewer points with two shutouts.........of the other 6 teams that scored more than 7..........4 teams were held to 16 or fewer points. Although Boise State has excellent numbers on defense, TCU has incredible numbers on defense with the top ranked run defense in the nation while allowing fewer than eleven points per game and only 215 yards per game. College Football Bowl Trends and angles: Horned Frogs are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games on grass. Horned Frogs are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games in December. Under is 4-0 in Broncos last 4 vs. MWC. Under is 4-0-1 in Horned Frogs last 5 Bowl games source>>>