actually gary discussed this during the press conference.
one big issue in regards to running tempo in the second half was the frogs were having trouble creating positive plays. no positive plays means no tempo.
when meachum was calling plays there was nothing more frustrating than tcu running a play, not work, and then forcing the tempo and rushing the series.
tcu only had positive first down plays on two series, those two series resulted in touchdowns. the other series tcu was looking at 2nd and long and as gary mentioned in his press conference those situations make running tempo difficult.
Yeah, you need a first down or two to get those up-temp offenses going and TCU wasn't able to really get it going much in the 2nd half.
From what I can remember - with a little help from the play-by-play on ESPN - there were two WR drops by TCU recievers that kept them from building the type of rhythm they had in the first half.
One was by Turpin on a 2nd down and 10 at their own 19 on their 3rd possession of the 2nd half, when the game was 21-13 TCU.
TCU had just scored a TD and forced an OSU punt.
A completion there, which I believe might have given TCU a first down, would have given them a chance to continue to build momentum and pick up the tempo and start to really lean on a clearly tiring OSU defense.
Instead, he dropped it, they went kinda conservative with a Sewo run (for 2 yards) on 3rd down and then punted.
Then came the TCU implosion with an OSU TD, and the pick-6...and suddenly the game goes from 21-13 TCU to 26-21 OSU.
The other drop was by Barber,on the next possession.
It was 3rd and 7, at TCU's 23.
From what I can remember, the ball may have been a little low, but catcahble.
He dropped it and TCU punts the next play...it's blocked and OSU scores another TD to make it 33-21.