We were too tired from that game to do much of a wrap-up. On the whole, I feel bad for Baylor, which was probably the better team on the night, but which killed itself with five turnovers -- and a huge penalty for defensive pass interference that bailed out Texas Christian in the first overtime. On the other hand, I feel bad that Texas Christian had to play without Josh Doctson and with a banged-up Trevone Boykin.
Baylor and Texas Christian have dominated the UCFC in recent years, but somehow they can never quite manage to get a shot at the national title. Last year, they both went 11-1, and were both left out of the NCAA's playoff. This year, Texas Christian went 10-2, and Baylor will be 10-2 once it beats Texas on Saturday, and they are ranked 11th and 12th respectively in the playoff. So on the one hand, this is a golden age for these two schools -- their fans have never seen these schools dominate the University of Texas as they have done in recent years. But on the other hand, they have fallen just short of the ultimate goal. Of course, some of us think that the UCFC is the real championship of college football, and they've done very well there.
So Baylor's reign comes to an end after only one week -- the Bears' all-time UCFC record is now 29-21-3. Texas Christian's record is now 46-20-6.
What's up next? Well, we have to wait for the bowl invitations to see who Texas Christian will play next. Sports Illustrated predicts that Texas Christian will be in Orlando on December 29 to play North Carolina in the Russell Athletic Bowl (which I think should be called the Tangerine Bowl). Fox Sports, on the other hand, has Texas Christian facing Oregon in the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio on January 2. ESPN has Texas Christian in the Alamo Bowl against either Oregon or Southern California. We'll know for sure next week, but all of those match-ups sound promising to me.
