TCU Is Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team Of The Week
10/20/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 20, 2008
DALLAS -- The Football Writers Association of America has selected TCU as the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week for its 32-7 win over BYU.
The 15th-ranked Horned Frogs (7-1, 4-0) snapped the Cougars' 16-game winning streak, longest in the nation at the time.
TCU's top-ranked defense recorded six sacks after BYU entered the game having allowed just two sacks in its opening six contests. The Horned Frogs forced four turnovers while limiting the Cougars to 23 yards rushing and 297 in total offense.
Other Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week nominees for the weekend of Oct. 18 included:
*Maryland (5-2): The Terrapins limited Wake Forest to 219 yards in handing the Demon Deacons their first shutout loss in more than 10 years, 26-0, in College Park.
*Texas (7-0): Colt McCoy completed 29-of-32 passes for 337 yards and two touchdowns as the top-ranked Longhorns defeated Missouri, 56-31.
The FWAA has named a national team of the week since 2002. This is the fifth season the award has been sponsored by the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.
Members of the FWAA board of directors and All-America committee decide the weekly honor. Each Monday during the 2008 college football season, the FWAA will name the Tostitos Bowl National Team of the Week through Dec. 1.
Since 1971, the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl has hosted six games that have decided the college football national championship, including three Bowl Championship Series title games. The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game will be played this season on Jan. 5, 2009 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., and the Insight Bowl will be held Dec. 31, 2008 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.
For more information on the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week, go to www.footballwriters.com or www.fiestabowl.org.
2008 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Teams of the Week
*Weekend of Aug. 30: Alabama
*Weekend of Sept. 6: East Carolina
*Weekend of Sept. 13: USC
*Weekend of Sept. 20: Boise State
*Weekend of Sept. 27: Oregon State
*Weekend of Oct. 4: Vanderbilt
*Weekend of Oct. 11: Oklahoma State/Texas
*Weekend of Oct. 18: TCU
