The 8th ranked TCU Horned Frogs took a giant leap towards their conference title hopes and a national BCS bid defeating the 16th ranked BYU Cougars 38-7 before a sellout crowd of 64,000 at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah.

For the second year in a row the Frogs have defeated the Cougars by a 25 point or better margin. Saturday's 31 point defeat by TCU was BYU's largest margin of lost since a 52-21 loss to Utah November 20, 2004. It was also the first homecoming loss for the Cougars since 2003 when they loss to Colorado State.

Following the game the team was obviously happy about the win but displayed the confidence of a confident team. Head Coach Gary Patterson, "I don't think anyone would have predicted this and that's why I told the players to enjoy the moment. I told them when we were doing two-a-days we were an okay football team. But I told them we were young, we had athletic ability but we would have to grow up and we're going to have to do it every week. I think the extra week at the beginning of the season that we didn't play helped us and we have started to have young players step up each week and help us. That's all we've asked and that's all you can do as a football team."

TCU Quarterback Andy Dalton threw 3 touchdown passes which escalated his total wins as starting quarterback at TCU at 24. Dalton is in prestigious company because he's second only to the player who presently holds the school record with 29 total wins as starting quarterback, two-time All -American Sammy Baugh.

The Frog's win now takes the team to 7-0. This is the team's best start since 2003, which culminated in a 10-0 perfect record. The win extends the team winning streak to 9 games and ranks them with the 4th longest winning streak in the nation.

Coach Patterson will give his team an entire 24 hours or so to enjoy this win and then it's time to get back to business. TCU will host UNLV next Saturday at Amon G. Carter Stadium at 3pm.

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