It's not the defense and it rarely is. 4 all Big 12 plus the Defensive Freshman of the Year, better than OU and Baylor and they are playing for the championship and we sit. GP develops, period.
Offense, Fuente, IMO has been the best OC in the GP era. Before he left, Rose Bowl, 13-0. Combine the Rose and the game at Utah (Utah ranked 5th. 47-7) and Andy went 73% with no interceptions and Cannon was the only offensive lineman that lasted in the pros. for TCU. That offense was run first (45/26 Utah) and Rose (23/26). Yes, we only had 49 offensive plays in the Rose.
Bottom Line, Coaching plus Execution, which we do not have now. Sure, Andy was a 5th. year senior and Max a true freshman but look at the simplicity of the offense, it was based on execution. Fuente was a fundamentalist and we didn't have all that offensive crazy substitution - he kept it as simple as he could.
The Stack 3 has limited the effectiveness of the Air Raid attack. Time to go back to basics, coaching and development, and quit this crazy [ Finebaum ].