With Saturday's convincing win over San Diego State, TCU could be bound not for a home bowl game, but one in San Diego. The Poinsettia Bowl has the second pick among the bowls tied to the Mountain West Conference. And despite projections suggesting TCU will be playing in the Dec. 23 Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, the Poinsettia Bowl is apparently becoming more of a possibility.
It's not difficult to figure out why. With wins over Colorado State and Air Force, the Frogs would finish 10-2. Given the relative mediocrity of most of the conference, Poinsettia Bowl officials would be foolish not to select a 10-2 TCU. (BYU has accepted a bid to the Las Vegas Bowl as the winner of the MWC.)
Although Utah would be a more geographically appealing selection for the Poinsettia Bowl, Frogs fans would flock to sunny San Diego. The small-but-loyal fan base has had enough of postseason games in Texas (Fort Worth in 2003 and, most recently, last year's win over Iowa State in the Houston Bowl).
So the TCU faithful is ready to buy their tickets to San Diego. And the best thing (for them, not traditionalists) is the Dec. 19 game would have them home Christmas.
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