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CFB : ATS Matchup
Wednesday 12/31/2014Line$ LineOU LineScore
OLE MISS
 
TCU
+3  

-3  
+135

-155

55
 
3
Final
42

OLE MISS (9 - 3) vs. TCU (11 - 1)
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Week 17 Wednesday, 12/31/2014 12:30 PM
CHICK-FIL-A BOWL - Georgia Dome - Atlanta, GA
Board OpenLatest
249OLE MISS56.556
250TCU-3-3.5
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
OLE MISS - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games9-3+2.58-42-930.413.8443.5(6.3)1.713.85.5321.6(4.6)2.3
Road Games3-2-0.23-20-523.611.0394.4(5.6)2.215.24.6347.6(4.8)2.6
Last 3 Games2-1-0.41-20-226.314.0496.0(7.5)2.715.76.7304.0(4.4)1.0
Dome Games1-0+11-00-135.07.0458.0(6.5)3.013.03.0399.0(4.7)4.0
OLE MISS - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)30.413.821.228:2737-168(4.6)21-3361.6%276(8.3)70-443(6.3)(14.6)
Opponents Defensive Avg.25.414.119.729:6037-164(4.4)19-3357.0%225(6.9)70-389(5.5)(15.3)
Offense Road Games23.611.021.427:4237-122(3.3)20-3359.4%272(8.2)70-394(5.6)(16.7)
Defense (All Games)13.85.518.031:3039-134(3.4)18-3058.4%188(6.2)70-322(4.6)(23.2)
Opponents Offensive Avg.29.716.921.331:5441-189(4.6)18-3060.7%219(7.4)71-409(5.7)(13.8)
Defense Road Games15.24.620.232:1840-144(3.6)20-3262.9%204(6.4)72-348(4.8)(22.9)

TCU - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games11-1+5.410-28-446.822.2542.2(6.8)1.520.310.5359.5(4.9)3.0
Road Games4-1+13-24-145.419.2463.8(6.1)1.626.211.2418.4(5.1)3.6
Last 3 Games3-0+12-12-145.715.7517.7(7.1)2.314.36.3314.7(4.4)3.0
TCU - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)46.822.225.630:1539-209(5.4)25-4160.6%333(8.1)80-542(6.8)(11.6)
Opponents Defensive Avg.31.116.122.431:3341-179(4.4)20-3459.1%248(7.2)75-427(5.7)(13.7)
Offense Road Games45.419.222.028:3938-179(4.8)22-3856.5%285(7.5)76-464(6.1)(10.2)
Defense (All Games)20.310.517.329:4439-117(3)17-3549.0%242(7)74-359(4.9)(17.7)
Opponents Offensive Avg.27.114.920.529:2739-160(4.1)19-3457.2%232(6.9)73-391(5.4)(14.4)
Defense Road Games26.211.220.831:2145-144(3.2)20-3753.2%274(7.4)82-418(5.1)(16)
Average power rating of opponents played: OLE MISS 41.8,  TCU 35.2
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
OLE MISS - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
11/1/2014AUBURN31-35L-1L54O30-15128-40-341246-25315-22-2541
11/8/2014PRESBYTERIAN48-0W-52.5L -36-40224-30-238136-8910-20-672
11/22/2014@ ARKANSAS0-30L-3L44.5U33-6318-38-253650-1598-17-1521
11/29/2014MISSISSIPPI ST31-17W2.5W52.5U31-20514-31-327147-16322-37-2820
12/31/2014*TCU            

TCU - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
11/1/2014@ W VIRGINIA31-30W-3L69.5U42-22312-30-166254-19515-26-1625
11/8/2014KANSAS ST41-20W-6.5W59O48-33423-34-219019-3422-40-3761
11/15/2014@ KANSAS34-30W-28L55O36-13326-36-330336-7620-38-3421
11/27/2014@ TEXAS48-10W-5W54O31-13520-34-233236-9020-34-2006
12/6/2014IOWA ST55-3W-35W70U38-19733-45-525232-8416-41-1522
12/31/2014*OLE MISS            
KEY GAME INFORMATION
OLE MISS: The Rebels could ride their defense to SEC West contention. Their front four includes a healthy DE C.J. Johnson (6.5 sacks in 2012) and DT Robert Nkemdiche (2 sacks), the nation's top recruit in 2013. They return All-American S Cody Prewitt (6 INT) while S Anthony Alford and hybrid Tony Conner (66 tackles) are two of the best athletes in the conference. A big year for the defense would take the pressure off erratic junior QB Bo Wallace (3,346 pass yds, 18 TD, 10 INT; 355 rush yds, 6 TD), who has solid weapons, including reigning SEC freshman of the year WR Laquon Treadwell (608 rec yds, 5 TD). Ole Miss also brings back top two RBs Jaylen Walton (523 rush yds) and I'Tavius Mathers (563 rush yds). On the O-Line, they have a rising star in LT Laremy Tunsil and get LG Aaron Morris back from a torn ACL.
TCU: New co-OCs Doug Meacham and Sonny Cumbie are installing a fast-paced system, and hope Texas A&M transfer Matt Joeckel (7.9 YPA) will be able to run it successfully. His arrival keeps Trevone Boykin (26 rec) at WR, and the new offense perfectly suits speedy RB B.J. Catalon (5.3 YPC, 6 TD). TCU's defense is strong with DE Devonte Fields (10 sacks in 2012) now healthy, LB Marcus Mallet (70 tackles) and S Chris Hackett (88 tackles, 3 INT).
PREVIEW
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*Mississippi-TCU Preview* =========================

By BRETT HUSTON STATS Senior Editor

Ole Miss (9-3) at TCU (11-1), 12:30 p.m. EDT

There's nothing more TCU can do to prove it belonged in the first College Football Playoff, but another explosive performance from the nation's No. 2 scoring offense could make it feel better about being snubbed.

Putting up another big point total might not be so easy against the country's stingiest defense.

Playing their postseason game a day earlier than they'd hoped, the sixth-ranked Horned Frogs try to make a statement in the Peach Bowl against No. 9 Mississippi on New Year's Eve in Atlanta.

Third in the CFP rankings after a 48-10 thrashing of Texas on Thanksgiving, TCU (11-1) closed its regular season Dec. 6 with a 55-3 rout of Iowa State in which it gained 722 total yards.

Good, but not enough in the committee's eyes for the Horned Frogs to secure a spot in the playoff when the final rankings were released a day later. They dropped from third to sixth, while Florida State, Ohio State and Baylor - which beat TCU on Oct. 11 - jumped one spot apiece.

"We've been talking about TCU since Oct. 28, it's been fantastic," athletic director Chris Del Conte said. "We wanted college football to be at the forefront of America and it has been. It's not time to panic. I thought the committee did a phenomenal job. Would we have liked to be in the four? Absolutely."

Instead of playing on New Year's Day, TCU will settle for its first trip to the Peach Bowl.

"We feel like this is a playoff game," said coach Gary Patterson, who signed an extension through 2020 to stay in Fort Worth. "Ole Miss was as high as third in the nation, they play at a very high level."

The Rebels (9-3) were third in the AP poll for three consecutive weeks before falling at LSU on Oct. 25, but it was a 35-31 loss to Auburn a week later - and star receiver Laquon Treadwell's fractured tibia - that ruined their national title hopes.

Ole Miss was still feeling the effects three weeks later in a 30-0 loss at Arkansas in its next SEC game, but recovered for a 31-17 Egg Bowl win over Mississippi State that knocked its biggest rival out of the playoff picture.

That was enough to get coach Hugh Freeze, who totaled 13 regular-season wins in his first two years at Oxford, a four-year extension that will pay him $4.3 million annually in an SEC where he now sees the Rebels being able to contend regularly.

"It's a difficult task in this league, but I think we've proven that we can be competitive and relevant," Freeze said.

Freeze's defense should give the Rebels a decent chance at a seventh straight bowl victory. Ole Miss allowed an FBS-low 13.8 points per game, was 13th in opponent yards per play (4.6) and 11th in third-down defense, getting off the field 68.9 percent of the time.

Only San Jose State allowed fewer touchdown passes (six) than the Rebels' eight, and Ole Miss' TD-to-interception ratio of 0.42 was by far the best in the nation. Nine of those 19 picks came from 5-foot-9 cornerback Senquez Golson, a consensus first-team All-American.

Unfortunately for Golson and the Rebels' defense, there's not really one of Trevone Boykin's targets to settle in on. The 6-foot-4 Josh Doctson had team highs of 59 catches, 959 yards and nine touchdowns, but Deante' Gray snagged eight TDs and Kolby Listenbee averaged 18.7 yards per reception for an offense that scored 46.8 points per game.

It's been the emergence of Boykin in Sonny Cumbie's offense that's really made the Horned Frogs click. The junior, who threw seven TDs and seven INTs last season and ultimately lost his job, threw 30 touchdown passes, ran for eight more and finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting in 2014.

"He's in a situation now, where he's one of the frontrunners going into next year," Patterson said. "It's all how you finish, not how you start. ... I think (this game) is a really good stage for him moving forward to show what kind of player he is. His best advertisement is himself. He can be his best press release."

Boykin joined Heisman winners Marcus Mariota (2014), Johnny Manziel ('13, '12) and Robert Griffin III ('11) as the only QBs with 3,700 yards passing and 600 rushing in a single season over the past six years.

"Going into this game, you have to have really good pocket awareness," Rebels defensive end C.J. Johnson said. "... Spread offenses, they like to get you out in space and make you tackle. We're a good tackling defense. We don't give up many yards after the catch. We don't give up many big plays. We rush the quarterback. We stop the run. It's going to be a good challenge for us with all the stuff they present on offense. If everybody stays locked in on defense and we do what we have to do, I think we'll be fine."

Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace earned a little Heisman buzz himself in the middle of the season after throwing for 17 touchdowns and averaging 9.1 yards per attempt during his team's 7-0 start. But he struggled down the stretch without Treadwell, completing just 55 percent of his passes with five TDs and five interceptions in the final five games.

Wallace finished with an SEC-high 25 passes of 30 or more yards, and he found a new favorite target in the season's final month. Tight end Evan Engram caught 18 passes for 359 yards and a touchdown in three November games.

Ole Miss has won its first two bowls - the Music City and BBVA Compass - under Freeze, and hasn't lost a postseason contest since 2000.

TCU, which lost to LSU last August in its first game against an SEC opponent since 2003, has won six of its last eight bowls under Patterson.

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