No. 4 TCU Thumps Baylor, 45-10, Continues March Towards BCS

TCU is the forgotten BCS buster this year, and was even picked by some to fall to Baylor. If the Horned Frogs keep laying waste to their schedule, that won’t last.

Andy Dalton sliced and diced Baylor through the air (21-of-23 for 267 yards and two touchdowns) and Ed Wesley gashed the Bears on the ground, running for 165 yards. The TCU defense kept Robert Griffin III in check, limiting him to 164 passing yards and just 21 rushing yards on 14 carries. TCU churned out 28 first downs and allowed Baylor to go just 2-for-12 on third downs.

After opening the 2010 campaign with a 30-21 win over Oregon State at Cowboys Stadium in Texas, the Horned Frogs made their home debut last weekend and responded with a lopsided 62-7 romp over Tennessee Tech. The victory was the 15th in a row at home for TCU and that gives the program the third-longest streak in the history of the Mountain West Conference behind BYU which logged 18 in a row between 2006-08, and Utah which is still riding a 19-game effort which was extended last week with a triumph over UNLV in Salt Lake City.

As for the Bears, they have one of the better scoring defenses in the nation right now with just 4.5 ppg allowed, but the competition against which Baylor has thrived isn’t exactly top of the line either. Baylor first took care of Sam Houston State at home rather easily in the opener, 34-3, and then dismissed Buffalo with a 34-6 decision last weekend. Certainly head coach Art Briles has to be pleased with his team’s start to the new campaign, but he and the Bears should find out rather early in this meeting just how good they really are.