Who will be the "BCS Buster" of 2009? Will it be the popular pick, Boise State? The Utah Utes of 2008? Or will it be a completely unexpected team? As it normally turns out to be. I like a strong TCU squad to be the team of 2009. The Horned Frogs lost 21 lettermen from last year but have 25 offensive and 18 defensive lettermen returning for 2009. Gary Patterson is in his 9th year as head man and has led the Horned Frogs to a 73-27 record over that span.
Had Utah not pulled off one of the most amazing touchdown drives in school history in 2007 to beat TCU, the Horned Frogs probably would have been the first non-BCS team ever to reach a BCS game with a loss to it's name. Only two teams scored more than 14 points on TCU that year, Oklahoma (35), and Boise State (16). TCU has had five double-digit win seasons during Patterson's tenure as head coach and has the seventh best record in college football over that span.
TCU will have as many as five running backs in the rotation, (they ran for 2,863 yards and 39 touchdowns in 2008). The running game is great, but the Horned Frogs need to improve the passing game and become more of a balanced offense. TCU had just 14 touchdowns passes in 2008 and only three of them came in the first seven games.
TCU starts the season a week after everyone else and two of the first three games are on the road at ACC schools. An opener at Virginia could be a challenge and the make-or-break moment of the season could come in a showdown with ACC power Clemson in Death Valley. On the conference side, a visit to BYU and Air Force could be a problem, but Utah coming to Fort Worth is a big bonus.
If TCU can get by the ACC schools early in the season, I'm picking them to be the Boise State of 2007, or the Utah Utes of 2008.
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