No. 3 TCU Holds On For 40-35 Win Over San Diego State

After blowing a 14-0 lead and falling behind 37-14, could San Diego State still have a chance to knock off TCU? Improbably, yes.

The Aztecs have kept on throwing and shrinking TCU’s advantage, and finally found some chinks in the TCU defense in the fourth quarter, as Ryan Lindley connected with Vincent Brown for two long touchdown passes to cut the Horned Frogs’ lead to 40-35. It’s more done with one dimension than TCU is accustomed to permitting: the Aztecs have had the ball for less than 20 minutes of game clock and have just 38 rushing years, but scored more points on the nation’s best scoring defense than any other team this season.

Well, at least San Diego State kept it close for a while.

TCU’s scored 34 straight points, finishing that spurt with Jeremy Kerley’s third touchdown catch of the day. It’s a nice explosion from the Horned Frogs, who haven’t scored more than 50 against an FBS foe this year, but it’s also an implosion from the Aztecs.

Hey, remember when San Diego State looked like it might have a chance to make a game of their date against TCU today? That moment has passed.

TCU just scored its fourth touchdown of the day — on Andy Dalton’s third TD throw of the day and Jeremy Kerley’s second six-point catch — and the Horned Frogs have run off 27 straight points since going down 14-0. This is bad news for the Aztecs.

Across the nation, people on couches are saying, “That’s more like the TCU we’ve watched all season.”

After falling behind and rallying behind a passing game that has been the lesser half of their offense this season, the Horned Frogs turned to the ground attack to take back the lead. Waymon James dragged a defender around the corner and scored on a nine-yard rush to finish a six-play, 63-yard drive that included just one passing play.