Big 12 rivalry games on tap

Please. This game absolutely qualifies as a rivalry.

Rain drenched the Carter. Want proof? First, TCU fans rushed the field afterward in jubilation.

But a victor finally emerged when TCU stuffed Baylor on fourth-and-one in the second overtime and the Horned Frogs emerged with a 28-21 win. In that recent defeat, TCU made a furious comeback towards the end, but then failed on a two point conversion which would have won the game for them.

Tulsa (6-6, 2-5 AAC) won for the sixth time this season, earning bowl eligibility in coach Philip Montgomery’s first season.

After suffering so many injuries in 2015, it was the Frogs’ defense who had its shining moment.

The #7 Baylor Bears traveled to Dallas to take on the #19 TCU Horned Frogs on what turned out to be a rainy night that saw the game delayed at the start due to a lightening storm in the area.

TCU head coach Gary Patterson has had some great defenses within this program in the not-so-distant past. Bender started after Falk suffered an apparent concussion last week.

WESTERN MICHIGAN 35, NO. 24 TOLEDO 30: In Toledo, Ohio, Corey Davis caught two touchdown passes and Western Michigan upset Toledo to send Northern Illinois to the Mid-American Conference championship game.

And they finished 10-2.

“It’s been an awesome year for this team after everything they have gone through”, Patterson said. “We need to go play well against Baylor before we can ever get in that conversation”. “This season is more memorable because everyone fought harder to get where we are”. In the second half, he fumbled a punt snap, but managed to get the kick off before being flattened by Baylor’s Shawn Oakman, one of the strongest players in college football. Johnson is getting ready to become the third starting quarterback this season for the Bears, who on Friday, Nov. 27, play at No. 15 TCU still with hopes for a third consecutive Big 12 title. “It happened early, so we’ve grown up and we’ve gotten better playing together, but they handled it so well”, Patterson said.

TCU (10-2, 7-2 in the Big 12) finishes its season with at least 10 wins for the 10th time in the last 14 seasons.

“All the adversity we’ve been through and to be able find this many wins is insane”, Boykin. The Horned Frogs also limited the Bears to 62 yards passing, their lowest amount since 2002. They shut out the Bears offense in the second half. Baylor committed five of them. Linebacker Travin Howard popped the ball loose, with Carraway scooping up the fumble and returning it 56 yards for the tying touchdown.

In the rain, trying to play two weeks after an ankle injury, Boykin proved far less effective than normal. “It was a defensive game and Coach P had them well prepared and they showed up to play”. Their bowl destination will be important, and it’s still to be determined.

NO. 18 OREGON 52, OREGON STATE 42: In Eugene, Oregon, Vernon Adams threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns and Oregon extended its winning streak to six games and closed out the regular season with a victory over Oregon State.