Peach Bowl final score: TCU routs Ole Miss, 42-3

By Hayden Kane | Dec 31, 2014

Dec 31, 2014; Atlanta , GA, USA; TCU Horned Frogs cornerback Ranthony Texada (11) celebrates a run with quarterback Trevone Boykin (2) during the third quarter against the Mississippi Rebels in the 2014 Peach Bowl at the Georgia Dome. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports /

The Peach Bowl was never a fair fight, as the TCU Horned Frogs dropped the hammer on the Ole Miss Rebels in one of the biggest games of **college football*‘s bowl season, winning by a final score of 42-3.***

Gary Patterson and the TCU Horned Frogs wanted to make a statement. That’s kind of a tired cliche, really, and the group of people that actually cared that TCU missed out on the College Football Playoff had dwindled by the day. TCU wasn’t going to let the world forget, though, and they trounced the Ole Miss Rebels by a final score of 42-3 in the Peach Bowl to make a statement anyway.

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It was clear from the start that the Rebels were outmatched in this game. TCU scored early and they scored often, moving the ball with ease and getting whatever they wanted on offense.

Trevone Boykin was the leader for TCU, though he didn’t play his cleanest game of the season overall. He threw for 188 yards, three touchdowns, and three interceptions. Boykin also pitched in 65 yards on the ground.

Here is one of Boykin’s passing touchdowns.

Opposite Boykin was Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace…and he was pretty much the opposite of Boykin. In short, Bo Wallace was a disaster in this game, and his turnovers tell a significant part of the story in this one. Unfortunately for the Rebels, this was a fitting end to the high-variance career of Wallace as their quarterback.

When he was great over the years he was spectacular, but when Bo Wallace was bad, he was truly horrific. As for the Peach Bowl, Wallace turned the ball over four times: three interceptions and one lost fumble. The low point had to be this one.

Wallace’s final line: 10-for-23 for 109 yards, 4.3 yards per completion, no touchdowns, and three interceptions. Gulp.

This was an altogether dominant performance from TCU in all facets of the game. They overwhelmed Ole Miss to the point that you might say this game was not as close as the score indicates.

It seems likely that Ohio State doesn’t actually care about TCU or what anybody thinks about the Buckeyes making the College Football playoff. That said, if the Buckeyes lose a lopsided game to the Alabama Crimson Tide on New Year’s Day, it will certainly throw some fuel on the fire of frustrated TCU fans that feel their team should have been in college football’s final four.

Message received, TCU.

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