TCU beats SMU 35-24 with Josh Hoover tossing 5 goals.
FT WELL WORTH, Texas– Eric McAlister had 8 catches for 254 lawns and 3 of the career-high 5 goals tossed by Josh Hoover as TCU defeated SMU 35-24 on Saturday in the last scheduled video game in between the previous Southwest Seminar equals that bet the 104th time in 110 years.
Hoover ended up 22-of-40 masquerading 379 lawns, and currently has 53 TD comes on his 22 job begins.
McAlister’s 70-yard catch-and-run rating with 9:18 left placed TCU (3-0) in advance to remain, and he included a 44-yard goal 3 mins later on. The longer of those ratings came 3 plays after Kevin Jennings’ 3rd TD masquerade the Mustangs (2-2), a 34-yarder to Jordan Hudson provided their only lead at 24-21.
The Horned Frogs in the meantime will certainly hang on to a 54-43-7 lead in the “Fight for the Iron Frying pan” that had actually proceeded because the SWC separated after the 1995 period, besides 2006 and the pandemic-impacted 2020 period.
Jennings ended up 24-of-37 masquerading 290 lawns and 3 goals, in addition to 2 interceptions.
There was one more outstanding catch by McAlister inside the 1 that really did not matter, a jumping grab late in the 3rd quarter while safeguarded on a third-and-15 from the 30, though authorities ruled his foot landed out of bounds. There was no replay testimonial by authorities, although train Sonny Dykes called timeout prior to the Frogs missed out on a 47-yard basket.
It additionally showed up McAlister had a catch ultimately area late in the initial fifty percent, yet SMU cornerback Jaelyn Davis-Robinson drew the sphere away for an interception rather than a goal as they dropped in completion area.
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The takeaway
SMU: After making their Atlantic Coastline Seminar in 2015 as regular-season champs and making the 12-team University Football Playoff, the Mustangs currently have 2 losses entering into a break prior to opening up AAC play.
TCU: The Frogs outgained SMU 517 complete lawns to 384. While McAlister had the huge racking up plays, consisting of a 27-yarder on TCU’s opening drive, Joseph Manjack IV had an effective 4-yard goal catch right after halftime. He was promptly struck when capturing the sphere behind the line of skirmish, yet damaged that take on and lunged via 2 even more protectors while prolonging his body and his arm to get to the sphere over the objective line.
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Up next
SMU has an open day prior to its ACC opener in your home versus Syracuse on Oct. 4.
TCU goes to Arizona State on Friday evening.
