TCU Football fans have feelings as mixed as a bag of Cheez-It Snack Mix about their team’s postseason destination this year, ranging from “just glad we got to a bowl game” to utter disbelief that the overlords would elect to take two teams that the Frogs beat down the stretch for seemingly ‘better’ bowl games in Baylor and Oklahoma State.
But, to hear TCU coach Gary Patterson - and for that matter, his opponent in the Cheez-It Bowl, Justin Wilcox - say it, playing in Phoenix is just as meaningful as playing in the NY6. “We have never thought about it being a lower bowl, to be honest with you.