One of the travesties of the current bowl situation is that it places a team like TCU is a low tier game against a relatively low tier opponent before we even ring in the New Year. <\/p>\n
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl TCU<\/strong><\/p>\n The only good thing about this game is that it is the warmer climbs of SoCal as Fort Worth can get pretty blustery this time of year. \u00a0Hopefully they will be motivated to put forth a maximum effort.<\/p>\n The Horned Frogs might not be the best two loss team in the nation but they are in the conversation. \u00a0A new era has started with Casey Pachall at quarterback and the sophomore has proven he was ready to be handed the torch. \u00a0This year they don\u2019t score as many points but that has as much to do with the defense not being as stifling as before as anything – they really set themselves up in the past. \u00a0Pachall is running an efficient attack that can kill opponents through the air and on the ground.<\/p>\n It has been a whirlwind season for TCU. \u00a0They thought they were heading to the Big East but now it is the Big 12. \u00a0They wound up winning the Mountain West but because of a couple of losses can\u2019t sniff the BCS. \u00a0Will a few weeks off be good for a team that has gone through all that or will the layoff already have them thinking about next year. \u00a0There are so many bowl games to come this might be one to layoff of.<\/p>\n Louisiana Tech<\/strong><\/p>\n I bet there are many that didn\u2019t know Louisiana Tech actually won the WAC this year. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n It might not have been as tough with Boise State gone but Louisiana Tech won seven in a row to close the season and win the conference, dropping only their WAC opener against Hawaii. \u00a0Their three other losses all came against bowl teams by a combined total of 9 points. \u00a0Odds are this team is better than you or I think.<\/p>\n When you look at the Bulldogs numbers from the season it is hard to pinpoint why have been so successful. \u00a0This is neither a great offensive or defensive team they just seem to be getting it done. \u00a0Their key playmaker on offense is receiver Quinton Patton who had more than 1100 yards receiving and 10 TDs. \u00a0Normally shutting down a receiver would be no problem for the Frogs but this year they have had games they struggled against the pass.<\/p>\n If this game was being played in the regular season we probably would be looking at a bigger number than we are. \u00a0Those who were out in front on La. Tech have been laughing all the way to the back due to their 10-2 ATS record this season, but with so much time to break this one down those 10 points should be pretty solid. \u00a0As I said above I don\u2019t see a ton of value there. \u00a0Maybe tease it one way or the other with another contest.<\/p>\n ATS Pick: \u00a0TCU CFB San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl Handicapping: The Horned Frogs might not be the best two loss team in the nation but they are in the conversation. \u00a0A new era has started with Casey Pachall at quarterback and the sophomore has proven he was ready to be handed the torch. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":30899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,25],"tags":[244,991,53198,478,3354,7330,7328,5820,6334,2584,6178,53197],"class_list":["post-46644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","category-sportsbooks","tag-bulldogs","tag-picks","tag-free-poinsettia-bowl-picks","tag-free-prediction","tag-horned-frogs","tag-louisiana-tech","tag-louisiana-tech-bulldogs","tag-poinsettia-bowl","tag-poinsettia-bowl-odds","tag-tcu","tag-tcu-horned-frogs","tag-tcu-horned-frogs-vs-louisiana-tech-bulldogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46644"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46668,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46644\/revisions\/46668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTCU Horned Frogs (10-2) vs Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
\nQualcomm Stadium – San Diego, CA
\nWednesday December 21 – 8:00PM
\nMoneyline: \u00a0TCU -370, La. Tech +340
\nSpread (ATS): TCU -10.5
\nOver\/Under: 55.5
\nOdds courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nOver\/Under Pick: \u00a0Over
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0TCU 38 – Louisiana Tech 24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"