Bill Connelly is amazing. He does previews of all 130 teams, and today is TCUs. I can not recommend his work enough.
https://www.sbnation.com/college-fo...332/tcu-football-2018-preview-schedule-roster
TCU is the most proven Big 12 program this side of Norman
Gary Patterson’s Horned Frogs are a QB away from another run to the Big 12 title game.
Bill C’s annual preview series of every FBS team in college football continues. Catch up here!
Last fall, I visited Stillwater to write a pair of pieces about Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy. We talked about what it takes to stand out as a non-Oklahoma in the parity-heavy Big 12.
“The years where we’ve really been able to roll, we stayed really healthy,” Gundy said, before using the Horned Frogs as an example. “OSU and TCU are the same. We recruit the same kids, and in my opinion both teams are very well-coached. Last year (2016) we played them, they were a little beat up, and we were rolling pretty good, so we blew their doors off down there.
“This year, they came in, they were rolling, we had two injuries, and we weren’t the same. Your USCs, your Texases, your OUs, your Alabamas, they can afford injuries we can’t.”
Because TCU has more recently made a serious national title run (2014) and had just defeated the Pokes when the interview took place, my reflex reaction was that Gundy was flattering himself a bit. But it turned out to be a pretty accurate notion.
..... (See MUCH more in the link)
https://www.sbnation.com/college-fo...332/tcu-football-2018-preview-schedule-roster
TCU is the most proven Big 12 program this side of Norman
Gary Patterson’s Horned Frogs are a QB away from another run to the Big 12 title game.
Bill C’s annual preview series of every FBS team in college football continues. Catch up here!
Last fall, I visited Stillwater to write a pair of pieces about Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy. We talked about what it takes to stand out as a non-Oklahoma in the parity-heavy Big 12.
“The years where we’ve really been able to roll, we stayed really healthy,” Gundy said, before using the Horned Frogs as an example. “OSU and TCU are the same. We recruit the same kids, and in my opinion both teams are very well-coached. Last year (2016) we played them, they were a little beat up, and we were rolling pretty good, so we blew their doors off down there.
“This year, they came in, they were rolling, we had two injuries, and we weren’t the same. Your USCs, your Texases, your OUs, your Alabamas, they can afford injuries we can’t.”
Because TCU has more recently made a serious national title run (2014) and had just defeated the Pokes when the interview took place, my reflex reaction was that Gundy was flattering himself a bit. But it turned out to be a pretty accurate notion.
..... (See MUCH more in the link)