PPCS: Poinsettia Bowl

Bowl: San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
Has also been known as: Just the Poinsettia Bowl, it started in 2005
Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego
Television: ESPN2
Time: 8:00pm

TCU
Nickname: Horned Frogs
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Famous Alumni: Rod Roddy, R.I.P.
NFL Alumni: LaDainian Tomlinson
Record: 10-2


Northern Illinois
Nickname: Huskies
Location: DeKalb, Illinois
Famous Alumni: Dennis Hastert, Maria from WWE, Not Cindy Crawford (she grew up in DeKalb but went to Northwestern)
NFL Alumni: Michael Turner, Justin McCareins
Record: 7-5


Thoughts: The bowl season starts tonight with the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego featuring two preseason favorites to win their conferences who have disappointed. The two alma-maters of the Chargers' Running Backs (LT and Michael "the Burner" Turner) are playing in this game. Ironically, it will be the running games that will be featured prominently in this game. Northern Illinois has the nation's leading rusher in Garrett Wolfe, TCU has the nation's 4th best rush defense. As the cliche goes, something's gotta give. TCU has a two-pronged attack of Aaron Brown and Lonta Hobbs that could run all over Northern Illinois' undersized front seven. Combine that with Wolfe's tendency to disappear against good run defenses and TCU should roll here.

Prediction: TCU 27, Northern Illinois 10