Who knows-TCU you may very well be experiencing the makings of a dream season. The Horned Frogs remain unbeaten after a 38-28 comeback over state of kansas on saturday night.
Sometimes things work out for you, and the Wildcats were down 28-10, they definitely needed luck on their side in Week 8. Unfortunately for Kansas State, the injury bug began to affect the quarterback so much. Adrián Martínez (who had been playing possibly the best football of his career) and his backup Will Howard were sidelined with injury. Until QB3, it was certainly difficult asking Jake Rubley to keep things afloat.
Then the Frogs came back, going 28-0 in which the Wildcats only made 13 offensive snaps. It was a similar script to last week against Oklahoma State in which TCU started slowly and then fought back. In the game against the Cowboys, Sonny Dykes’ team erased a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter.
The past few weeks in Fort Worth have been about the rise of wide receiver Quentin Johnston, but aside from a 54-yard TD that dropped a covering DB, he was largely under control on Saturday. But running back Kendre Miller stepped up with 153 yards on 29 carries.
Yes, K-State stuck with a backup and then a backup backup, but a second-half shutout is still noteworthy here, as the Frogs continue to play the complementary football inherent in winning games. The defense keeps getting stops, which allows the offense to get going.
It’s doubtful that TCU wants to live in this reality for the rest of the season, as it’s always good to get up early and cruise to victory. But the Horned Frogs (7-0) have shown they can fight off some serious adversity to continue to pull off wins, and as long as the loss column still has a zero, Dykes and Co. will take it no matter how it comes. Suddenly, the Frogs have a real shot at dominating the race to the Big 12 title game, at the very least. The next two weeks feature a West Virginia team that has floundered so far this season and then Texas, which just lost en route to Oklahoma State.
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