The TCU D wasn't good this year.
This year, the O was in the top half of NCAA D1 (130 teams) in both scoring O and yards O:
Yards per game: 359.2 (62nd) Points per game: 29.5 (54th)
The Defense on the other hand, was not in the top half in scoring O and was behind--just in the Big 12--Baylor, Kansas State, Iowa State, Okie State and Texas. Bottom half of B12. You might argue, well those teams had better offenses than TCU; and you'd be wrong. Kansas State was worse and 3 of the others offenses scored only a point or two more than TCU O.
Yards per game: 349.6 (28th) Points per game: 28.2 (66th)
2019 was TCU's worst D in the Gary/B12 era. By Gary's standard, turrible. He didn't earn his money in 2019.
However, Gary's Ds since joining the B12 in 2012 have been either 1 or 2 in yards allowed every year, and while 2019 was bad (worst in B12 era), for the most part scoring D has also been top 3.
The great D will be back; if the coaches can get the O just a little better, should see double digit wins this coming year.
Everything is good so long as we BEAT UT!
This year, the O was in the top half of NCAA D1 (130 teams) in both scoring O and yards O:
Yards per game: 359.2 (62nd) Points per game: 29.5 (54th)
The Defense on the other hand, was not in the top half in scoring O and was behind--just in the Big 12--Baylor, Kansas State, Iowa State, Okie State and Texas. Bottom half of B12. You might argue, well those teams had better offenses than TCU; and you'd be wrong. Kansas State was worse and 3 of the others offenses scored only a point or two more than TCU O.
Yards per game: 349.6 (28th) Points per game: 28.2 (66th)
2019 was TCU's worst D in the Gary/B12 era. By Gary's standard, turrible. He didn't earn his money in 2019.
However, Gary's Ds since joining the B12 in 2012 have been either 1 or 2 in yards allowed every year, and while 2019 was bad (worst in B12 era), for the most part scoring D has also been top 3.
The great D will be back; if the coaches can get the O just a little better, should see double digit wins this coming year.
Everything is good so long as we BEAT UT!