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The Wyoming Cowboys are making the long trip south to play the only ranked team in Texas.
Oregon State reconnected with Jacquizz Rodgers on Saturday. If the Beavers cannot reconnect their defense before visiting Kellen Moore and No. 3 Boise State, it may not matter much.
The football fortunes for TCU and Baylor have been drastically different since going their separate ways. The ever-widening gap was evident in one of their rare games since the end of the Southwest Conference.
TCU coach Gary Patterson may need to find some hate for a team that stirs up feelings of nostalgia for him.
There had to be a Fiesta Bowl flashback for the TCU Horned Frogs when Andy Dalton threw an interception on their first drive of the new season.
Line: Alabama by 37 1/2.
TCU quarterback Andy Dalton has earned a catchy, cool nickname.
No more questions about if TCU can make it to a BCS game. The Horned Frogs did that last season.
