| College football's bowl season is underway and, as | | | | 14 touchdowns, and needs just 190 yards to set |
| usual, the state of Texas is right in the middle of | | | | a new single season school rushing record. |
| the action, hosting a number of great matchups. | | | | Keenum is the Conference USA freshman of the |
| In Houston this Friday, the Texas Bowl is set to | | | | year, after tallying 1924 yards passing, with 13 |
| kick off, matching two teams from the Lone Star | | | | touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Houston's record |
| State against each other. TCU and the University | | | | on the year is 8-4. |
| of Houston will slug it out at Reliant Stadium on | | | | TCU is coming off a solid, but disappointing year in |
| the 28th at 8:00 PM. The two teams are former | | | | the Mountain West, in which the Horned Frogs |
| conference rivals from their days together in the | | | | started the season ranked 22nd, moved to 19th, |
| old Southwest Conference, but now each has | | | | and then dropped out after posting their only two |
| found a new home with TCU joining the Mountain | | | | losses in back to back games against Texas and |
| West, and Houston, Conference USA. | | | | Air Force. TCU went on to post a 7-5 record, |
| Of course, the end of college football season not | | | | good for 5th place in the Mountain West. The |
| only means bowl games, but also the beginning of | | | | Horned Frogs have gotten their running game |
| that other winter contest - coaching changes. | | | | going at the end of the season, rushing for 627 |
| Houston lost the coach that brought a | | | | yards in the last two games. Joseph Turner ran |
| high-octane, no-huddle offense to the school when | | | | for 226 yards and four touchdowns against San |
| Art Briles decided to take over at Baylor. Houston | | | | Diego State in the last game of the year. The |
| will be helmed in the future by Oklahoma | | | | defense is led by three-time all Mountain West |
| co-offensive coordinator, Kevin Sumlin, but for | | | | Conference first-teamer Chase Ortiz, who has |
| this game, Cougars assistant Chris Thurmond will | | | | posted 8 sacks, and 15 1/2 tackles for losses on |
| assume the role of interim head coach. | | | | the season. |
| The Cougars have two outstanding players in | | | | TCU's record in bowl games is 9-12-1 overall, while |
| running back Anthony Aldridge, and redshirt | | | | UH posts a 7-9-1 record. Houston leads the overall |
| freshman quarterback Case Keenum. For the | | | | series between the two schools, 13-11. |
| season, Aldridge has rushed for 1568 yards and | | | | |