The bowl season has been, in a word, strange.
Cancellations. Pushing two dozen players sitting out to get ready for the draft. Coaches on the move – up and out. Turned cliches like “Offenses win championships.” Bad beats and no contests.
Pick an option and it has happened and we’re not even close to halfway done or even approaching the big-boy games.
With that, it should not be a surprise that our Fab 4 bowl record fell to 4-4-1 with last night’s dreadful overtime loss as California and TCU set offensive football back two decades. In a word the 10-7 Frogs’ victory was gross. Nine interceptions were thrown, including two by TCU QB Grayson Muehlstein on illegal forward passes.
Speaking of Muehlstein his final line – 7-of-20 for 27 yards and four picks – hardly screams bowl success.