SAN ANTONIO -- Oregon's defense allowed zero points and 142 yards to TCU in the first half of Saturday's Alamo Bowl.

The Ducks walked off the Alamodome field at halftime ahead 31 points and supremely confident after forcing an interception, a fumble, nearly another fumble -- it was overturned on review -- and empty drives on the first eight Horned Frogs possessions. UO mixed blitzes on long-yardage situations to pressure starter Bram Kohlhausen, who was replacing the dynamic, and suspended, Trevone Boykin.

Yet that pressure was missing in the second half and instead TCU applied all its force onto the Ducks defense before it broke in a 47-41 Alamo Bowl victory. The Horned Frogs also were the beneficiaries of a short field after Charles Nelson fumbled on a kickoff in the second half.

"Doesn't feel good," defensive coordinator Don Pellum said. "We didn't finish. We need to make a play. At the end of the day, a lot of points, all that, we needed to make one play. At the end of the day we weren't able to do it."

In the video above, watch Pellum's comments with reporters after the loss.

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-- Andrew Greif

@andrewgreif