Rose Bowl Pick

5 Star Play

TCU -3 vs Wisconsin

The Horned Frogs have been a top team all year by all accounts but it seemed as soon as they qualified for this bowl game they started getting questioned as whether they belonged based mainly on playing in the Mountain West. Meanwhile Wisconsin got many accolades as they finished the year strong against the bottom of the big ten teams.

The matchup here is pretty simple from the pundits: Wisconsin's offensive brawn vs TCU's defensive speed. However, the mismatch that most seem to be overlooking is the TCU offense against the Wisconsin defense. Wiscy has had some nice defensive efforts mainly against Ohio St but that was at home. They have not been tested against a team that can really run the spread offense well. TCU by the way is one of the best offensive teams in the country and will be able to run their offense effectively.

I think this will be a pretty tight game for the first half but TCU will be able to keep scoring while Wisconsin's offense will get bogged down as TCU is able to slow down the run game and force the pass.