For the second straight season, TCU football is bound for a bowl game date with a Pac-12 foe.
The Horned Frogs, after putting together a late-season rally to become bowl-eligible, will square off against California at 8 p.m. CT on Dec. 26 in the Cheez-It Bowl at Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz.
The odds were once stacked against TCU at 4-6 on the year in mid-November, but the Horned Frogs closed out the season with back-to-back victories over Baylor and Oklahoma State to narrowly achieve a bowl-qualifying six wins.
And after getting the job done down the stretch, TCU head coach Patterson now has a chance to improve to 7-0 all-time vs.