The 2007

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, part of the

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season, was played on December 28, 2007 at Reliant Stadium in

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. The matchup had different conference representatives from the inaugural 2006 game (itself the revival of the old

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). This time, the teams were the TCU Horned Frogs of the

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and the hometown

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from

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. The original plan was C-USA versus

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, but the Big 12 did not have enough teams eligible for bowl games to fill the remaining slots after

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won the conference title and

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was selected at-large to the

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. TCU and Houston had been conference rivals for many years: between 1976 and 1995, they were in the

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, and from 2001 to 2004, TCU joined Houston in C-USA. This was their first meeting in a bowl game. The Cougars were led by interim

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Chris Thurmond after Art Briles left the program at the conclusion of the regular season to take a similar job at Baylor.

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, was the presenting sponsor of the NFL Network telecast. The Horned Frogs won the game 20–13, giving the Cougars their eighth straight bowl loss - at the time the second longest streak in the NCAA (and tied for second-longest streak in NCAA history).

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