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By STEFAN STEVENSON LARAMIE, Wyo. - Good teams have a motto. Really good teams have several.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Tate Forcier threw four interceptions and fumbled in his end zone, and the Buckeyes took advantage to win their sixth straight in the series.

Ryan Anderson scored seven consecutive Nebraska points to lead a late surge that sealed a 90-77 win over TCU on Saturday.

Matthew Tucker and Joseph Turner each ran for two touchdowns, and No. 4 TCU routed Wyoming 45-10 on Saturday for the Horned Frogs' best start in 71 years.

The rumblings started during spring practice in April. Could the 2009 TCU offense be better than the image-shaping defensive unit that had been ranked No.

The Football Writers Association and the Charlotte, N.C. Touchdown Club announced Thursday that Cody was a finalist for the award which the writers association gives to its defensive player of the year.

The last time TCU played at Wyoming, the Horned Frogs lost. The last time they were 10-0, they lost.

Wouldn't it be something if TCU and Texas met in a BCS bowl game? If the season ended at the time this was written, TCU and Texas would probably meet in a BCS bowl game and it would be lots of fun to watch these teams duke it out for 60 minutes.

Iowa's Pat Angerer is one of five finalists for the 2009 Bronko Nagurski Trophy, given each year to the National Defensive Player of the Year.

There's a slim, albeit encouraging, chance that Texas and TCU will meet in the Fiesta Bowl this season.

Having now cleared the most serious hurdles standing between themselves and a shot at a BCS bowl, the fourth-ranked TCU Horned Frogs now turn their attention to the rest of their Mountain West Conference schedule, and in particular, the Wyoming Cowboys in Laramie this weekend.

Ty Abbott made a floater in the lane with 21.7 seconds remaining and Eric Boateng set career highs with 21 points and 12 rebounds to send Arizona State to the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament with a 52-49 victory over TCU on Tuesday night.

Clemson running back C.J. Spiller has been named one of 15 "Players to Watch" in the race for the 2009 Walter Camp Player of the Year Award.

LaceDarius Dunn scored 13 points and Baylor rolled to its third victory in four days to open the season, 61-45 over Southern University on Monday night.

The University of Texas has a Heisman Trophy candidate at quarterback, one of the top defenses in the country and a coach considered one of the best in the NCAA who also has won a national title.

Edvinas Ruzgas scored 24 points and made five of TCU's 12 3-pointers as the Horned Frogs beat Cal State Northridge 83-65 Monday Night in a first-round game in the West bracket of the preseason NIT.

Defense has been the bedrock in the renaissance of TCU football. But the Horned Frogs' offense took command on Saturday night when No.

The question we need to ask in the wake of TCU's 55-28 win Saturday against Utah isn't, "Does TCU deserve to play in a BCS bowl?" It's this one: Of the three presumptive favorites to fill the two spots in the BCS title game, how many would struggle with TCU? Certainly, TCU might have trouble scoring against Alabama or Florida, but could the Crimson ...

TCU has easily proven itself as the best in the Mountain West with lopsided victories over the league's other Top 25 teams - at BYU and now Utah, last year's BCS buster.

How would TCU match up with Texas this season? Relax, Orangebloods, just having a little fun with you, although Mountain West Conference teams are 2-0 in BCS bowl games.