Ole Miss vs. TCU: Score and Twitter Reaction for 2014 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl

The College Football Playoff selection committee may not have felt TCU was worthy of a spot in the Top Four, but the Horned Frogs left no doubt that they were one of the best teams in the country. Gary Patterson's bunch rolled over Mississippi, 42-3, in the 2014 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on Wednesday. 

There is no shortage of ways to describe how impressive TCU looked against the Rebels. The offense picked apart an Ole Miss defense that came into the day leading the nation in points allowed per game (13.8). The defense was in Rebels quarterback Bo Wallace's face all afternoon, forcing the senior into many bad throws and allowing just 139 yards of total offense. 

What's more remarkable about TCU's win is how inspired the team came out, despite missing out on the College Football Playoff. Patterson told Carlos Mendez of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram earlier in the month that his team wanted this challenge and he wasn't worried about a letdown:

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We feel like this is a playoff game. Ole Miss is a team that was as high as third in the nation, that played at a very high level, that could have been in the playoffs, lost a couple heartbreakers—exactly what I would want as a coach. The kids are going to practice hard because they know the competition level.

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It's safe to say that Patterson pushed all the right buttons with his team in the lead-up to this game. TCU fans certainly weren't discouraged that this was the end of their season, based on this chant Bleacher Report's Barrett Sallee recorded:

The only sad part about TCU's win is we won't get to see what would happen if the Horned Frogs got to play Alabama. 

Andrew Perloff of The Dan Patrick Show and Sports Illustrated was one of many on social media campaigning for a playoff expansion already:

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Sure would be fun to see how this TCU team would do against Alabama. #gotoeight.

— Andrew Perloff (@andrewperloff) December 31, 2014"

Who knows how long it will be before the playoff gets expanded? CBS Sports conducted a poll of 27 FBS-level athletic directors in April, with 15 saying they believe the playoff will move to eight teams in the next decade. 

Until that time, there might be more controversy as far as the national championship is concerned. Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk posed a very interesting question about how Associated Press voters will cast their ballots after the season if Ohio State wins the playoff:

There's no doubt this was a loud statement win for TCU to anyone that doubted the program's credentials. According to ESPN Stats & Info, the Horned Frogs did something against an SEC opponent that is a rarity:

Also via ESPN Stats & Info, this is TCU's first bowl win against an SEC team in nearly 80 years:

Despite putting up 42 points, TCU's offense didn't come out of the gate sharp. Trevone Boykin exited the game early in the fourth quarter because the game was over, but he threw three interceptions to go along with three touchdowns and had just 187 passing yards. 

The problem for Mississippi was Wallace was a disaster from the start. His college career ends in embarrassing fashion going 10-of-23 with three interceptions and no touchdowns. There's also this stat from ESPN's College GameDay that won't help the criticism:

Ralph Russo of The Associated Press summed up Wallace's day succinctly:

Wallace was getting beat up because his offensive line wasn't protecting well. He held the ball for too long because the receivers weren't creating any separation. When he did have time, he was inaccurate and throwing the ball to defenders. An injury to star offensive lineman Laremy Tunsil didn't help matters.  

It's a sad end to what had been a very good season for Mississippi. Head coach Hugh Freeze has built this program into one of the SEC's best in just three years, winning nine games in a season for the first time since 2009. 

Given how strong Freeze has been recruiting and the electric defense on display most of the year, Ole Miss will be back in 2015. 

TCU is going to ride this wave of momentum into the Top Five next season in all likelihood. The Horned Frogs will bring back Boykin and finished in the top 10 of both scoring offense and defense. Patterson got this program out of the early growing pains in the Big 12 to turn it into a national power. 

There won't be any controversy if TCU gets into the College Football Playoff next season. Based on how things played out this year, it would be an upset if the Horned Frogs weren't in the Top Four at the end of 2015.