BCS Bowl Projections: TCU and Teams Unworthy of an at-Large Bid

If you can’t make contact in tee ball, don't play baseball.

The following college football teams had a tee ball schedule this 2011-2012 regular season. They controlled their own destiny without much opposition in their way from the get-go. For the squads on this list, it truly was as easy as it sounded, but they flopped.

Here are three teams that don’t deserve a BCS at-large bid because they won't be able to hit the fast balls powerhouses will throw at them:

3. TCU

Two losses? As a member of the Mountain West?

The Horned Frogs have an outside chance to rise up to No. 14 in the rankings and be eligible for a BCS bowl, but no matter where the upcoming standings spit them out, they aren’t worthy of such a bowl. Sure, they beat Boise State, but their loss to Southern Methodist outweighs that one-point win.

2. Houston

The Cougars forgot to chew the deer they were preying on…and they choked.

Case Keenum and company will most likely not be eligible for a BCS bowl after their embarrassing 49-28 loss to Southern Miss. One win from perfection, and their No. 1 offense ran out of gas. Houston hasn’t beaten a ranked team all season long, and they don't deserve another try.

1. Virginia Tech

VT obviously had a more difficult schedule than TCU and Houston this year; don’t get it twisted. Still, in the ACC, which isn’t exactly a powerhouse conference, the Hokies possessed more than a strong chance to win the conference.

After a 23-3 hiccup against Clemson early in the season, Virginia Tech had a chance for redemption in the ACC Championship. Instead of taking revenge against the Tigers, the chickens got their heads chopped off again 38-10.

After two losses by that margin without a win over a team that’s currently ranked, no bowl game should bite on the Hokies.

David Daniels is a featured columnist at Bleacher Report and a syndicated writer. Follow him on Twitter.