Daily Skiff: Frog secondary in need of confidence might have to get it the hard way

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Daily Skiff: Frog secondary in need of confidence might have to get it the hard way

By Ryan Osborne of TCU Daily Skiff

Some day, some way, some how, the TCU secondary is going to have to stop someone — anyone — from throwing balls over its head for touchdowns.

Burned them at Baylor. Burned them Saturday, too.

Bears’ quarterback Robert Griffin III lit up the Waco sky a month ago, torching TCU for 359 yards passing and four touchdowns.

The Frogs dropped that one 50-48, and though Baylor lost to Kansas State Saturday, Griffin and the Bears are proving their offense is one of the best in the Big 12, if not the country.

So, write that one off. Chalk it up to inexperience and the bright-light nerves that come with it. ...

 

[The original ArgyleFrog]

"But the general consensus in the press box after the third quarter was that if McDermott had been a better quarterback, SMU’s 17-point lead would have grew larger. McDermott made plenty of good throws against the Frogs, but he also made some bad ones, overthrowing wide-open receivers and giving up an easy interception. Had McDermott capitalized on more of TCU’s secondary mistakes, the Frogs wouldn’t have had a chance for overtime.McDermott’s errors highlighted TCU’s woes just as much as his successes."

what really grinds my gears is when writers state that balls were overthrown to open recievers but fail to mention that maybe the little bit of pressure we were applying to the QB caused them to overthrow those balls..

I've seen plenty of great QB's overthrow open recievers when under duress...

 

[jake102]

Very true. Kellen Moore overthrew a wide open WR who got past Nick Sanders in the first or second play from scrimmage in the Fiesta Bowl. It would have been a touchdown had the ball been on target.

 

[HFrog1999]