TCU Vs. San Diego State: Second Half Surge Falls Short As TCU Wins Close One

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.

In fact, in six games since September, TCU had allowed just 23 points; the Aztecs nearly had that in today’s second half.

But the big hole the Aztecs tried to climb out of proved too much to overcome, especially because TCU can run the ball. The Horned Frogs did that effectively against the Aztecs when the game was on the line, running out the clock with a grinding drive and securing a five-point win that is their closest of the season. San Diego State becomes just the latest team to do a lot, but not enough, on Scare Saturday.