SAN ANTONIO, TX – JANUARY 02: Bram Kohlhausen #6 of the TCU Horned Frogs throws against the Oregon Ducks in the first quarter during the Valero Alamo Bowl at Alamodome on January 2, 2016 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
2016By Ian Casselberry on

If you watched TCU’s incredible comeback for a 47-41 win over Oregon in the Alamo Bowl and thought that might make a good movie, Disney agrees with you.

More specifically, the studio is interested in the story of backup quarterback Bram Kohlhausen, who threw for two touchdowns and ran for another two scores in leading the Horned Frogs back from a 31-0 halftime deficit. That matched the largest comeback in bowl game history, spurring TCU to an eventual victory in a third overtime.

Kohlhausen was put in that position after starter Trevone Boykin was suspended after hitting a police officer during a bar fight in the week leading up to the game. It was also revealed later that he was playing with a broken wrist. And if that wasn’t enough, Kohlhausen had lost his father six weeks earlier. But all of that is only part of the narrative that intrigues Disney enough to inquire about getting the rights to the quarterback’s story.

Very few knew about Kohlhausen before he led that Alamo Bowl comeback, but he wasn’t simply in the right place at the right time, the next man up, when TCU needed him. The senior began his college career at the University of Houston before transferring to Los Angeles Harbor College after his sophomore season. He then went to TCU as a walk-on, seeing little playing time behind Boykin.

A week after the Alamo Bowl victory, coach Gary Patterson announced that Kohlhausen will receive a full scholarship for his final semester in Fort Worth. Between the amazing comeback and being awarded that scholarship to finish his studies at TCU, the quarterback’s story already has a great ending.

Kohlhausen hasn’t yet decided if he’ll sell his story to Disney. He’s got that final semester of school to focus on first. But if he and TCU decide to go forward, the movie has the makings of a classic underdog story that has fueled so many sports movies over the years. Even Oregon fans could get behind that one.

[Oregon Live]

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Ian is a writer, editor, and podcaster. You can find his work at Awful Announcing and The Comeback. He's written for Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports, MLive, Bleacher Report, and SB Nation.

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