Frogs look to avoid rocky start in the Rockies

The Rocky Mountains welcomed the TCU Horned Frogs to Colorado Springs today with temperatures that are 55 degrees warmer than what the Frogs braved in their last trip to Falcon Stadium in 2009.

Enough about that cold, cold day. This trip is more eerily similar to the trip they made to the foothills in 2007, coming off a loss in Austin to Big XII (or is it 10 or 9?) member Texas and starting MWC play versus a pesky Air Force team.

Keys to remember as you settle in with a beverage for this one:

• This is the most experienced Air Force team in some 20 years – lots of juniors and seniors, including four-year starter Tim Jefferson (he makes it go) at QB.
• Troy Calhoun has instilled a “protect our home” mentality in the Falcons – they are 20-5 at home in the Calhoun era.
• Calhoun is one of the bright minds in college football – he always has a stellar game plan put together.
• If you like chess matches, watch Gary Patterson and Troy Calhoun match wits tomorrow – it’ll be a strategist’s dream.
• Frogs are hungry and ready to get back on the winning track but they have to be disciplined against Air Force’s triple option attack, which will pull up and throw on you occasionally.
• Frogs have to play great defense on first down and put the Falcons in long down-and-distance situations.
• The Frogs need to continue to run the ball like they did at Baylor to control the clock and keep the Air Force offense off the field.
• Each of the last two games played by these teams at Falcon Stadium has been decided by a score of 20-17 — that’s 6 points total over two games!

From the OH, BY THE WAY DEPARTMENT: TGIF and there’s college football tomorrow to take our time and attention away from all the rumors, speculation and heresay on conference realignment. It’s sad that most of the attention is gobbled up by this issue at a time of the year when fans should be enjoying the great college game most. Enjoy the weekend and read every score on Sunday morning!

Kick ‘Em High!