TCU Crushes Texas 48-10 And Improves It's Street Cred For CFB Selection Committee

In the beauty pageant that is the College Football Playoff the TCU Horned Frogs is starting to look
much prettier without the beer goggles.

On Thanksgiving night the Frogs took care of business and then some against the Texas Longhorns.

TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin threw for 233 yards and two touchdowns and the Horned Frog defense intercepted Texas quarterback Tyrone Swoops four times leading to a 48-10 rout over the Longhorns.



It was TCU's longest margin of victory over Texas in Austin since 1956 when the Horned Frogs won 46 - 0.

TCU's defense was dominant forcing six Texas turnovers and taking advantage with 30 of the Frogs' 48 points coming off those Longhorn miscues.

"You just can't turn the ball over."  Texas head coach Charlie Strong said. "It's one of those where you have to play good, clean football. We didn't play clean football tonight."

If game control is a strong metric for the College Football Playoff selection committee than TCU should impress.

The Horned Frogs jumped on Texas for 13 points in the first quarter and then put their foot to the throat of the Longhorns in the 4th quarter with 28 points.

TCU supporters are wondering is this what you have to do to break into the final four of the CFB Playoff.

"To me, everybody was talking about how important Texas was, about how good they are, at the beginning of the year."  TCU head coach Gary Patterson said.  "You know, you've got to keep with the same story, you can't say now that they are not any good. I mean, three quarters of the United States was picking Texas to beat us tonight. You can't be like now Texas is not any good. They are a really good football team,"

'I think the whole team came in with the mindset of being ready to play." TCU wide receiver Josh Doctson said.  "Obviously I'd be lying if we weren't aware of style points and all that, but just came out and played TCU football and did what we had to do."

"At the end of the day, if you're talking about the playoffs, it's really not up to us." TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin said.

A 38 point win over Texas in Austin should carry some weight when the committee meets again and releases their poll Tuesday night.

Next up for the Horned Frogs is a home game against Iowa State and unfortunately that game won't do much for your body of work.

Morning Roundup: TCU Drops 82 on Texas Tech

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Whoa! 82 points? That's more than the Texas Christian basketball team scored in all but one game last season.

But that's exactly how many points the Horned Frogs scored Saturday afternoon against Texas Tech winning 82-27.

Trevone Boykin, who may be the best quarterback you've never heard of threw for 433 yards and 7 TD's...yes, 7 TD's for TCU. Mind you Boykin didn't play in the 4th quarter against a completely overmatched Red Raider squad.

Oddly, TCU coach Gary Patterson has always been known as a defensive coach, but as happy as he was about the offense, he was not thrilled his team gave up 27 points and a ton of yards in the win.

Rather than go on at length about all the crazy Madden 15 like statistics, we'll just cut straight to the chase and say "Watch the Highlights".

Thanks FOX Sports:

Baylor Outscores TCU 61-58

61-58, isn't that a basketball score?

What? No, it's a football score?

Really? Surely you're joking....

I'm not joking and don't call me surely...

It took a 28-yard Game Winning Field Goal at the buzzer by Baylor's Chris Callahan to stop the scoring onslaught. Callahan's kick gave the Baylor Bears a 61-58 win over TCU in a shootout that maybe the biggest of all shootouts...

Callahan's kick capped a comeback that saw the Bears fall behind by as much as 21 points with only 11 minutes to go.

But the powerful Baylor offense, behind 510 yards passing and 6 TD's by Quarterback Bryce Petty came back. And came back fast.

With the game tied and just over a minute to go, TCU coach Gary Patterson decided to go for it on 4th and 3 from the Baylor 45. And inexplicably called a pass play.

The pass was incomplete.

Giving Petty and Baylor a minute to go half the field was plenty of time. A pass interference call against TCU and some smart running by Shock Linwood who ran for 172 yards, out the ball in position for Callahan to finish the game.

And he did...

Your highlights (and there are a lot of them) from ESPN.com:

ICYMI: The Dirty Dozen Gets Scrambled

((HT: ESPN/SEC on CBS/Fox Sports/Northwestern Football)

Did you ever have one of those days where absolutely everything you thought was an absolute lock came crashing down around your ankles and left you in such a state that your pants wouldn't fit anymore...???

Let's face it... all hell broke loose at the top of the rankings (whether you choose to look at Brother Phil's Dozen or some other source) and sent it all in the blender for the foreseeable future...

Examples...

Starting in Oxford... it was proven once again that Alabama has SERIOUS special teams issues in their loss to Ole Miss where Bo Wallace would keep the football and stash it someplace after the game was over as he tried to escape the throng that stormed the field.
Oklahoma decided that a road game against TCU in their new digs was a great idea... It wasn't...and plays like this one Gary Patterson pulled out of the back of the playbook help. What kind of flaws do USC have...??? There seems to be the one glaring one right now... Late game focus... it came into play as Arizona State came from behind to surprise them Some would think that Miss State's win over Texas A&M was an upset... The HQ doesn't think so as their suspect defense was exposed and Dak Prescott went off in a 48-31 win But here's one last one for you to think about as we head to Sunday... Northwestern hosted Wisconsin and they weren't good hosts- beating the Badgers 20-14 in a bit of a mucker it looks like...

Baylor Squeaks By TCU: Gary Patterson Not Happy With Art Briles

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Sounds like we have a budding rivalry forming here.

Lost in the rubble of Baylor's 41-38 win over TCU Saturday evening is the post-game rant of TCU coach Gary Patterson.

Patterson was highly ticked off after a play in the 3rd quarter. That play involved Baylor safety Ahmad Dixon and a helmet-to-helmet hit on TCU's Trevone Boykin. Dixon was apparently tossed for the Targeting penalty, but apparently stayed on the sideline.

Patterson tried to come across the field to have Dixon ejected and was confronted by Briles.

Check out Patterson's post game presser:



Your game highlights from ESPN:

Frogs Are "Raided" in Lubbock, Texas Tech Upsets #24 TCU 20-10

The Kliff Kingsbury era at Texas Tech is off to a great start.

The Red Raiders are off to a 3-0 start after defeating #24 TCU in Lubbock, Texas Thursday night 20-10.




It was an ugly game on the West Texas plains with the Horned Frogs and Red Raiders committing five turnovers combined.

Texas Tech freshman quarterback Baker Mayfield threw three interceptions and had to leave the game in the fourth quarter injured.

Another freshman quarterback Davis Webb entered and went 3/4 passing and put Texas Tech up for good on a fourth quarter 19 yard touchdown pass to Bradley Marquez.

"Just had a go called, and was able to get a beat on them and keep them on my back shoulder." Marquez said. " Just a beautiful ball by Davis Webb, and those kind of balls you don't drop. So I just had to make a play when it came my way."

It's safe to say TCU head coach Gary Patterson was not a fan of the officiating crew assigned to the game by the Big 12 Conference.

"I can't talk about the officiating, but I will watch it." Patterson said.  "I'm not happy."

Patterson witnessed 13 penalties called costing the Frogs 115 yards.

"You can't have as many penalties as we had."  Patterson said.  "If you're going to do that -- that's why I'm late getting here, because I'm not very happy at all."

TCU drops to 1-2 on the season.

TCU's Gary Patterson Emerging As Front Runner For Arkansas Head Coaching Job

HT: coachingsearch.com

Coachingsearch.com is citing sources that indicate TCU head coach Gary Patterson has emerged as the front runner for the head coaching position at Arkansas.

Patterson has become a fixture at TCU guiding the Horned Frog football program onto the national stage first as a BCS buster then forcing BCS conferences to extend invitations. 

It’s not the first time Patterson has been wooed before but Arkansas can make a compelling case to make the move.

1. SEC School

2. Lots of $$$$$$$

3. Facilities

4. Patterson won’t have to shift his recruiting focus.

5. Rabid fan base

To go with point #2, Patterson makes close to $3 million per year at TCU on a contract that runs to 2018.  Arkansas shouldn’t have any problem coming up with some major dollars.

For one thing the Hogs didn’t have to pay off Bobby Petrino when they fired him with cause and John L. Smith is make chump change so athletic director Jeff Long doesn’t have financial liabilities to deal with.

If Gary Patterson is in Jeff Long’s cross hairs I would expect Patterson to be calling the Hogs in the next few weeks.  When Jeff Long wants someone to coach one of his programs he gets the deal done (i.e. Bobby Petrino and men’s basketball head coach Mike Anderson.)

TCU Out-Balls WBGV In Double Overtime

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Remember when everyone was talking about how West By Gawd Virginia was the second coming of your favorite religious being and was going to take care of everything and show up in the Bee-Cee-Ess title game (or something close to it)...???

Well, that was certainly a long time ago...

TCU showed up in Morgantown and showed once again that West Virginia have no defense whatsoever... especially in overtime or double overtime...

Evidence below...


TCU was actually 10 points down late in the fourth quarter and came back to force overtime.

Trevone Boykin and Josh Boyce hooked up on a 96-yard TD pass play with 1:28 left to tie the score at 31-31. Neither offense scored in the first overtime which led to the action in the second...

West Virginia is now 5-3 and should plummet out of the top 25...

Dana Holgorsen is, obviously, less than pleased...
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No Starting QB, No Win For TCU

((HT: WHO-TV Des Moines))

Casey Paschall was on the bench for his DUI that he punched earlier this week...

And, say what you want, it probably contributed greatly to the Iowa State Cyclones knocking off a top-25 opponent on the road for the third season in a row. This time it was a 37-23 win at Amon Carter Stadium in the Metroplex. The college version of "longest winning streak" also died at 12 games in a row.

The win over the Horned Frogs was also only the third in 33 attempts on the road for ISU against a top-25 team dating back to 1996.

Here's the highlights...


"You can't give up big plays on defense and you can't turn the ball over on offense," TCU head coach Gary Patterson said. "Real simple."

Five turnovers will do that for you...

And Patterson is set to meet with the chancellor of TCU next week to discuss Paschall's future on campus- if he even has one. Remember, Paschall admitted that eight months ago he smoked some marijuana and failed a team-issued drug test.

Iowa State is 4-1 and they get Kansas State in Ames next week...

TCU QB arrested for DWI. Judgements begin rolling in (Updated and UPDATED AGAIN))

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OCTOBER 9 UPDATE: Pachall plans to enter an inpatient facility and withdraw from school according to head coach Gary Patterson. He will not play football again in 2012. Redshirt freshman Trevone Boykin takes over full-time.

UPDATE--TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson has suspended his starting QB indefinitely.
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Breaking news: A college kid got a DWI. Yes, I know you are shocked. And no, we aren't downplaying the fact that someone drove drunk.

Texas Christian University starting quarterback Casey Paschall was pulled over near the Fort Worth campus Thursday morning and charged with drunk driving.

Pachall was in jail Thursday morning. And no, as of this writing. 10:30am Thursday, TCU hasn't commented yet.

The story from KXAS-TV RIGHT HERE

No, we aren't judging here. Pachall isn't squeaky clean. He apparently failed a drug test back in February. And yes, there will and should be punishment involved for this. Coach Gary Patterson will take action on this. He has to.

But our snarkyness is more borne out of this being made to be some sort of startling revelation. Sadly, college kids get in trouble all of the time. That's why they are kids. It doesn't excuse the behavior, but does at least partially explain it. How many people on Twitter...or Sports Writers on Twitter or who work in the media didn't do at least one stupid thing while in college?

I know, the obvious question is, "If you don't think this is a huge deal, then why are you reporting it?"

We're reporting it because we have an opinion. And no, it probably doesn't concur with yours, but much like you, we are entitled to express it.

We don't condone drunk driving and NEVER will. But we also will admit at age 21, we got behind the wheel on more than one occasion when we shouldn't have. It happens. It doesn't make it right...or excuse it, but it does happen to college kids. A lot. And for some reason, particularly when it involves a college athlete, we are quick to judge.

Again, read the paragraph under the link. Pachall should...and hopefully will be punished. But because it's football, it's made different than the other times Fort Worth Police pull someone over. It shouldn't be.

4 Football Players among 17 arrested in TCU Drug Bust

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Uh...it's never a good thing to have a significant drug bust on your campus. It's worse when not only students, but athletes are involved.

That being said, 17 students, 4 of whom play or we should say "Played" on the football team were arrested early Wednesday morning on and around the Fort Worth, Texas campus of Texas Christian University.

According to the report on Dallas TV station KXAS, the drugs in question were marijuana, cocaine, powdered and pill ecstasy, Xanax, Hydrocodone and other pain drugs.

The 4 football players include DT David Yendrey, DB Devin Johnson, LB Tanner Wilson Brock and OT Ty Horn.

TCU Football coach Gary Patterson was not pleased, saying "There are days people want to be a head football coach, but today is not one of those days. As I heard the news this morning, I was first shocked, then hurt and now I'm mad"


The school also released a letter to students and others from Chancellor Victor Boschini. You can read the entire letter RIGHT HERE

Read the NBCDFW.com story on what happened RIGHT HERE

Uh...this is not good. We aren't going to dwell on the students here since we are a blog primarily about sports.

So we'll mention this.

The football players, they are in serious trouble. Considering what their coach had to say, it would be tough for them to "reappear" on the team, never mind the campus. But, they haven't been proven guilty yet, so we won't say anything in absolutes.

Here's a statement/Presser with TCU's police chief Steve McGee:

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Gary Patterson Is Not An SMU Fan Anymore

Apparently, he's hot about how he thinks his team was disrespected by both SMU head coach June Jones and WR Darius Johnson. Johnson said, postgame, that "I don't like these TCU people."

Remember, TCU lost in overtime 40-33 to SMU- and Patterson, while not really making excuses about losing, noted that the officiating crew was a Conference USA crew. Patterson said his AD Chris Del Conte told him that Conference USA commissioner Britton Banowsky called his office and admitted the game was poorly officiated and that he would make a public statement.

None has come forward yet...

"I got their names," Patterson said, referring to the officials. "They won't come back in this stadium ever again."

Here's highlights from the game...
((HT: CBSCollege/SMU Athletics))


Here's the first 15 minutes of Patterson's presser, thanks to the TCU Athletic Department their own selves and CSTV...

Patterson is saying publicly that no one from SMU should ever ask him for any advice on anything ever again...