Texas at TCU Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Texas at TCU preview, prediction, and breakdown for the college basketball game on Wednesday, March 1

Texas at TCU prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Wednesday, March 1


Texas at TCU How To Watch

Date: Wednesday, March 1
Game Time: 9:00 ET
Venue: Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena, Fort Worth, TX
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: Texas (22-7), TCU (19-10)
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Texas vs TCU Game Preview

Why Texas Will Win

The Horned Frogs aren’t going to crank up a bazillion points.

It’s been a rough run, but they hit 100 in the win over Oklahoma State, and they went on the road and put up 83 on Texas Tech. Texas might be scuffling a bit, but the defense should be okay as long as it doesn’t let this get into a track meet.

TCU leads the nation in fast break points, but Texas doesn’t turn the ball over enough to allow too many quick baskets, and it’s too good at moving the ball around to not be in control of the clock.

It might sound basic, but TCU has to score to win. Duh, that’s the point, but the D isn’t good enough to hold up if the O isn’t going off.

TCU is 16-1 when scoring 75 points or more, and 3-8 when it doesn’t.

That one loss when it scored 75 or more came against …

Texas.

But …

Why TCU Will Win

Maybe the Horned Frogs will crank up a bazillion points.

The Texas defense hasn’t exactly locked it down lately. Baylor was able to go on a good run in the 81-72 win, Oklahoma put up 83 in an overtime loss, and Kansas and Tennessee both hit the 80s in wins..

Texas might be a high-scoring team that leads the Big 12 in points, but it’s 17-0 when allowing fewer than 74 points and 5-7 when giving up more.

TCU will get the tempo going a whole lot faster than it did in the home losses to Baylor and Kansas. As long as the offense hits 70 at home, it’ll be fine – it’s 11-0 when it does.

What’s Going To Happen

TCU will hit 70 points.

It might not want to get this going like it wants, but it’ll be a crazy environment, the offenses will trade big blows early on, and it’s going to be a fun battle that should be great throughout.

There will be a wee bit of a lull when everyone settles in, but TCU at home will be too sharp late. Texas won’t be able to avoid getting into a more up-tempo game, and TCU will be solid late on the line.

Texas vs TCU Prediction, Line

TCU 78, Texas 74
Line: TCU -2.5, o/u: 150
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2.5
Must See Ranking: 4
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College Basketball Predictions. Big 12 Picks, Lines For Saturday, February 25

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Oklahoma at Iowa State Prediction

Game Time: 12:00 ET
How To Watch: ESPNU
Prediction: Iowa State 67, Oklahoma 58
Line: Iowa State -7, o/u: 128

TCU at Texas Tech Prediction

Game Time: 12:00 ET
How To Watch: ESPN2
Prediction: Texas Tech 74, TCU 68
Line: Texas Tech -2, o/u: 144.5

Texas at Baylor Prediction

Game Time: 2:00 ET
How To Watch: ESPN
Prediction: Baylor 75, Texas 71
Line: Baylor -3.5, o/u: 148.5

Kansas State at Oklahoma State Prediction

Game Time: 2:00 ET
How To Watch: ESPNU
Prediction: Oklahoma State 72, Kansas State 69
Line: Oklahoma State -3.5, o/u: 144.5

West Virginia at Kansas Prediction

Game Time: 4:00 ET
How To Watch: ESPN
Prediction: Kansas 85, West Virginia 67
Line: Kansas -9, o/u: 151

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TCU Football Schedule 2023: Analysis, Breakdown, 3 Things To Know

TCU football schedule 2023 analysis, breakdown, 3 things to know

TCU football schedule 2023: Who do the Horned Frogs miss on the Big 12 schedule and what are 3 things to know?


TCU Football Schedule 2023: 3 Things To Know

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Sept 2 Colorado

Sept 9 Nicholls

Sept 16 at Houston

Sept 23 SMU

Sept 30 West Virginia

Oct 7 at Iowa State

Oct 14 BYU

Oct 21 at Kansas State

Oct 28 OPEN DATE

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TCU Football Schedule What To Know: Who do the Horned Frogs miss from the Big 12 slate?

The College Football Playoff National Championship – and Big 12 Championship – runner-up gets to dive back into the conference mix without a whole lot of breaks.

Not playing Oklahoma State is a help, but considering there aren’t any truly easy outs in the Big 12, missing Cincinnati, Kansas, and UCF isn’t exactly a huge plus.

That’s hardly bad, though.

The big negative? There are five Big 12 road games. But …

TCU Football Schedule What Really Matters

It’s not like the Horned Frogs are leaving Texas all that often.

They don’t leave the state until October 7th against Iowa State. Road games at Kansas State and Oklahoma are a big, big problem, but that’s it for games outside of Texas – the travel isn’t too bad overall.

Best of all, there aren’t two road games in a row – at least two weeks back-to-back – and there isn’t a big stretch of dates away from home. Kansas State and Texas Tech are away dates, but they’re wrapped around a week off.

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The Horned Frogs don’t have anything too bad to deal with. This year’s version almost certainly won’t have the 2022 magic, but it’s possible to have another huge season with this.

Texas, BYU, and Baylor coming to Fort Worth matters. The Colorado game that was a breeze last year should be tougher, but that’s at home.

Nah, it won’t be a 12-0 run, but pushing for ten wins isn’t too crazy of a dream.

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TCU at Kansas State Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

TCU at Kansas State preview, prediction, and breakdown for the college basketball game on Tuesday, February 7

TCU at Kansas State prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Tuesday, February 7


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Date: Tuesday, February 7
Game Time: 9:00 ET
Venue: Bramlage Coliseum, Manhattan, KS
How To Watch: ESPNU
Record: TCU (17-6), Kansas State (18-5)
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TCU vs Kansas State Game Preview

Why TCU Will Win

The Horned Frogs know how to get on the move. They did it in the first meeting – an 82-68 win over the Wildcats – and they keep on cranking up points off the turnovers they create by the bunches.

They’re 14-1 when coming up with 14 or more takeaways, and Kansas State is a turnover machine.

It’s averaging 14 per game, gave it up 19 times in the first meeting, and it usually gets aways with it thanks to all of the other parts of the puzzle.

That’s not going to fly in this, but …

Why Kansas State Will Win

TCU has gone cold from the outside, and that’s a problem.

This might not be a high-powered offensive team – again, it relies on forcing mistakes and getting up and down the floor – but it’s struggling to connect on more than 25% of its shots from the outside. It hasn’t been able to get past 27% in six of its last eight games, and it’s not helping in the rough 4-4 run since early January.

Kansas State is terrific defensively and fantastic at guarding the three. TCU only hit 29% from the outside in the first meeting, but that was enough to get it done. At home, though, the defense should be outstanding and the turnovers should be kept down a little bit …

What’s Going To Happen

Kansas State will give up a slew of easy points on turnovers. It just can’t give up the ball a ton.

It’s 12-1 at home with the lone loss coming to Texas a few days ago when it gave it up 18 times – by far the most turnovers given away this year Bramlage.

The Wildcats will be a wee bit tighter, they’ll slow the game down to its pace, and TCU’s mediocrity on the free throw line will be a big deal late.

TCU vs Kansas State Prediction, Line

Kansas State 69, TCU 65
Line: Kansas State -4.5, o/u: 148.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Must See Ranking: 4
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TCU vs Oklahoma State Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

TCU vs Oklahoma State preview, prediction, and breakdown for the college basketball game on Saturday, February 4

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TCU vs Oklahoma State How To Watch

Date: Saturday, February 4
Game Time: 2:00 ET
Venue: Gallagher-Iba Arena, Stillwater, OK
How To Watch: Big 12 Network
Record: TCU (17-5), Oklahoma State (13-9)
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TCU vs Oklahoma State Game Preview

Why TCU Will Win

TCU might have lost on the road to Mississippi State, but it hasn’t been all that bad on the road.

It has the style – with a toughness on defense and stinginess on offense – to hold up in a shocking blowout over Kansas and a tight battle with Baylor on the road over the last few weeks.

No one in America is better at creating transition points, and that comes from the defensive boards and a slew of takeaways.

Oklahoma State is the worst team in the Big 12 in turnovers giving up around 14 points per game, and it’s just okay on the offensive glass.

The team isn’t built to get into a track meet with the Horned Frogs but …

Why Oklahoma State Will Win

Stop the fast break points, stop TCU, at least in this.

The Horned Frogs are about attacking and getting to the rim. The defense might be amazing at guarding from the perimeter, but the offense doesn’t take or make threes.

Oklahoma State’s defense is fantastic from the outside, but it won’t have to stretch its style too much. Pack it in a bit, don’t hurry anything offensively, and make this into a half-court game – it can do that at home.

What’s Going To Happen

TCU has to crank up the scoring to pull this off.

It’s 13-0 when it scores 75 points or more and 15-2 when it scores more than 67 points. Oklahoma State is great at keeping games in the high 60s and low 70s, allowing only five teams to score 70 or more.

The Cowboys will dictate the tempo at home and won’t let TCU get its O rolling.

TCU vs Oklahoma State Prediction, Line

Oklahoma State 65, TCU 63
Line: Oklahoma State -4, o/u: 137.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5
Must See Ranking: 3
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West Virginia vs TCU Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

West Virginia vs TCU preview, prediction, and breakdown for the college basketball game on Tuesday, January 31

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West Virginia vs TCU How To Watch

Date: Tuesday, January 31
Game Time: 9:00 ET
Venue: Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena, Fort Worth, TX
How To Watch: ESPNU
Record: West Virginia (13-8), TCU (16-5)
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Why West Virginia Will Win

The Mountaineers were able to hold off Auburn by getting hot from the outside.

The three point shooting was strong on Saturday in the 80-77 win, the defense was solid until late, and it helped push forward with a third win in four games. That run started with a 74-65 win over TCU.

What did they do right in the win a few weeks ago? They rebounded everything.

TCU doesn’t do anything from the outside, but it’s okay on the boards. West Virginia attacked the glass going +12 in rebounding margin. It has to do that again.

TCU is 2-4 when it comes up with fewer than 32 boards and is 14-1 when it gets that many or more, but …

Why TCU Will Win

It rebounds better than it did in Morgantown.

The scoring punch is there, the team is too good scoring on the inside, and no one in America is better at getting on the move and coming up with easy points.

That all starts by cranking it up on the defensive boards.

West Virginia is great at coming up with offensive rebounds, but it’s not all that great on the other end of the floor. TCU leads the Big 12 in boards, and …

What’s Going To Happen

Yeah, that first meeting was a bit of an anomaly.

TCU is 14-1 when grabbing 32 rebounds or more and 2-4 when it doesn’t. The 18 it came up with in the first meeting was the low mark for the season – that’s not going to happen this time around.

TCU will be great on the move, West Virginia won’t be hitting threes like it did in the first meeting, and to hammer this home even harder, the rebounding margin will flip the other way to make up for the absence of star scorer Mike Miles Jr.

West Virginia vs TCU Prediction, Line

TCU 77, West Virginia 68
Line: TCU -2.5, o/u: 143.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3.5
Must See Ranking: 3
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Georgia 65, TCU 7 College Football Playoff National Championship What Happened, What It All Means

Georgia 65, TCU 7: College Football Playoff National Championship what happened, player of the game, and what it all means

Georgia beat TCU to win the College Football Playoff National Championship. What happened, who was the player of the game, and what does it all mean?


Georgia 65, TCU 7 College Football Playoff National Championship What Happened, Player of the Game, What It All Means

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College Football Playoff National Championship What Happened

Georgia came up with the biggest blowout in the history of college football bowl games. It started scoring right away and didn’t stop, scoring 13 or more in every quarter – it was complete and total domination.

Stetson Bennett started the fun with a 21-yard scoring run. TCU turned it over but held the Dawgs to a field goal, Max Duggan ran for a two-yard score after connecting on a big bomb to Derius Davis to make it 10-7, and that was it. The Bulldogs scored 55 unanswered points.

Bennett ran for two scores and threw four touchdown passes. He found Ladd McConkey for two scores, combined with Brock Bowers for a 35-yard score, and turned it into a disastrous blowout with a 22-yard strike to Adoni Mitchell for a 38-7 halftime lead.

TCU didn’t do anything right. Georgia had a ton to do with that, but it only finished with 188 yards, the ground game finished with just 36 yards, and it was over after the first quarter.

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Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia
He completed 18-of-25 passes for 304 yards and four scores, and ran three times for 39 yards and two touchdowns.

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College Football Playoff National Championship What It All Means

Georgia just did the 2021 season one better. Last year’s team was better, more talented, and … it lost to Alabama in the SEC Championship. This year’s defense wasn’t as good, but the team was perfect. It closed out with the biggest win in the history of bowl games, it totally outmatched TCU in every way, and it proved one key thing – talent matters.

Now everyone will be talking about doing it a third time in a row, but the SEC is still very, very, very good. Alabama will be better. Tennessee will be better. Florida will be better. The SEC will be nasty as always, and nothing is ever a given in that league. For now, though, Georgia just finished off a historic two-year run. It might not win the national title next year, but it’s going to be in the mix for a long, long time.

TCU had a magical season no matter what this final score was. It went from being picked seventh in the Big 12 to start the season to the College Football Playoff National Championship.

Nah, it didn’t win the Big 12 title, but no one remembers that or cares because of the amazing performance against Michigan. However, the defense allowed 104 points over the last six quarters of the season, and it’s not because it did anything wrong other than go against elite teams with elite offensive parts. Again, the talent just wasn’t there compared to college football’s monsters.

But it got here. It got to play on the biggest stage, and Alabama didn’t. Ohio State didn’t. Clemson, Texas, Texas A&M, USC, and on and on and on didn’t.  No, 65-7 doesn’t really matter any more than 10-7 – it was still a loss. TCU got its shot.

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Georgia vs TCU: College Football Playoff National Championship

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Dear lord … 24 years in a row I’ve been doing this. I wanted to do this from Los Angeles – never been in SoFi – but couldn’t make it out and had to bail at the last second. Considering the incessant whining coming from everyone I know who’s out there, I’m good.

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For the moment, all the rain and cold stalls my stumping for every major sporting event to be played in LA and San Diego – if it had the facilities for it – but Miami is still on.

Out of all the ESPN gimmicky gamecasts about to kick in, I’m looking for the one that shows this game being close.

Slightly off-topic … this is the game potentially built for all the different versions. Like the fantastic Manning thing on Monday Night Football, the alternative options are great when the game sucks. When the game is great, you want the announcers of record.

If you have Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit calling a College Football Playoff National Championship, I’m not sure why you need any of the 1,248 other options ESPN has to take away from its No. 1 team.

It’s not TCU’s fault. It has been a magnificent story, and it’s been a fantastic thing for college football just to get here. TCU earned it – there’s no such thing as a cheap run to the College Football Playoff National Championship game.

With all of that said, this would have been a very, very, very different day if it was Michigan vs Georgia. There’s just NO national buzz for this – I’m doing my best. Everyone is far more focused on the NFL Playoffs.

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Excuse me, Stewardess, I speak Nick Saban. The GameDay panel is trying to pump this game up, and Saban is doing his best to be nice about it – he’s all but saying TCU has no shot of handling the Georgia lines.

I agree.

Saban is fantastic on the GameDay pregame show. Even the hardest-core of coaches are great when they get to tell war stories and talk football. Get most of them them out of their lane, though, and there’s a big, big problem.

TCU has made me look ridiculous all year – and I certainly don’t need any help doing that. I’m still arguing that Michigan will win the Fiesta Bowl. With that said, I do think TCU will score, it’ll get the passing game going, and it’ll make this interesting …

For a half.

This isn’t the Georgia defense of last year – TCU will throw on it. The scores will be there, but eventually the Georgia D will generate the third down stops needed

Social media will go nuts – TCU might even be up going into the locker room. And then hell and the Georgia talent will come to breakfast – or to the all bacon-inspired spread traditionally served in the media hospitality area after the national title game.

All I want is a classic battle. I want America to be talking about this all day tomorrow, I want the College Football Playoff National Championship to be great again – last year’s was fine, even if it wasn’t all that well played – and …

Georgia by more than 13.5. It might take a little while to get there, but the last ten minutes will be about the Dawgs.

Let’s have some fun.

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Georgia vs TCU 10 Best CFP National Championship Predictions, Prop Bets

Georgia vs TCU top prop bets for the College Football Playoff National Championship … if you dare to dabble.

What ten Georgia vs TCU College Football Playoff National Championship predictions and prop bets appear to be the best bets and picks?


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Would you have been more fired up if this was Georgia or Ohio State vs Michigan? Probably, but TCU keeps on getting disrespected and it keeps on making everyone – hand raised – look silly.

Whether or not this is a classic, or if it’s a strange blowout one way or another, here are the ten best-looking prop bets, predictions, and picks for the Georgia vs TCU College Football Playoff National Championship.

One of the keys here is value. Many of the props and ideas might conflict with others, so consider this a ranking based on potential payoff to go along with the possibilities depending on which way you’re leaning.

The lines are based on BetMGM’s latest props.

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10. TCU Money Line, Both Teams Will Score 30 or More

LINE: +900

Let’s start with this caveat.

If you believe TCU really does have a shot at winning, then there’s a whole lot of value out there to be had.

Let’s put it this way. If TCU does do this, it’s probably not going to be a 7-3 defensive struggle. It beat Michigan 51-45 in the Fiesta. It got past West Virginia 41-31. The SMU win was 42-34, and the double-OT thriller over Oklahoma State was 43-40.

On the other side, Georgia scored 30 or more 11 times in 14 games. So again, if you’re feeling it for TCU, going with the shootout to go along with the W isn’t a bad play.

And then there’s the opposite of that …

9. Georgia Money Line, Both Teams Will NOT Score 10 or More

LINE: +1100

If you’re into the idea of Georgia winning this, it’s not crazy to think this might be a total wipeout.

The Bulldog defense went bye-bye against Ohio State, and it took half the day off in the SEC Championship win over LSU, but this is still the SEC’s best defense that allowed just 14.8 points per game.

Remember, this is the D that held Oregon to three points. And went on the road to beat South Carolina 48-7. And held Kentucky to six.

The problem is the 10 or more. Georgia totally wiped out Auburn and won 42-10, and it dominated Mississippi State in a 45-19 win. Texas held TCU to 17 points, and that’s the closest anyone came to keeping that O in check. However, again, if you like Georgia, would you be that shocked if it makes a 41-7 statement?

Yeah you would, but that’s why this is at +1100.

Now let’s swing back the other way …

8. Both Teams Will Score 10 or More Points in the 1st Quarter

LINE: (Yes) +1150

It’s +1150 for a reason, but it’s not unreasonable to ask both teams to go off to a hot start.

TCU is known for its comebacks – it put up 148 points in the fourth quarters of games – but it also dominated in the first quarters, too, outscoring teams 148-65. Georgia put up 122 points in the first quarters. The problem is the Dawg D – it allowed just 30 points all year in the first frame.

Again, we’re going for outside-the-box value here. If the two teams start trading haymakers, a 10-10 first quarter might seem like Christmas is still here.

And now, to keep your head on a swivel and make you a tad dizzy before we settle in …

7. Both Team Will Score 10 or More

LINE: (No) +950

To keep hammering this home, I’m looking to value to potentially help any already held beliefs.

I don’t think the Georgia defense is going to come out and shut down the TCU offense to a dead stop, but if you think this is going to be a coronation and total wipeout, +950 is a great idea.

The smarter one is to go with the +180 on NO, both teams won’t hit 20. 38-17 is far more reasonable if you’re not trying to be greedy.

Enough with the wacky fliers. Let’s go with six more realistic options, starting with …

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6. TCU Wins by 1-to-6 Points

LINE+750

TCU has made me look ridiculous all season long, so this would hardly be my first time. I think Georgia rolls in this – I’ll get into all that at the end.

But if TCU pulls this off – and as we’ve learned, disrespect the Horned Frogs at your own peril – I highly-doubt it’ll be a some 41-20 whacking. 35-31? Yeah, that’s the most likely spread.

So to repeat this line, if you like TCU to win, this is the best combination of value and likelihood. +750 on a walk-off field goal? That would be so 2022 TCU.

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College Football Playoff National Championship: Why You Should Cheer For TCU

College Football Playoff National Championship – why to cheer for TCU

The College Football Playoff National Championship is here between Georgia and TCU. Here’s why you should cheer for the TCU Horned Frogs to win.


College Football Playoff National Championship: Why You Should Cheer For TCU

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Sorry if this take sucks, it’s not my fault …

The Horned Frog hand gesture claw thing sort of freaks me out.

We’re overdue for wacky.

There’s no such thing as a cheap College Football Playoff national champion.

Back when it was all about the final polls – and after around 1970, what you did in the bowls – teams had the ability to win a national title with one big win and a whole lot of mediocre ones. Great records equaled perceived greatness.

There might be a whole slew of questionable national titles being claimed in a sport whose championships were based on opinions and judging for about 140 years – and still is, in some ways – but you can’t luck your way into a title now in the CFP era.

Maybe you can put up the right record and catch a few breaks to get by the bouncer to be a part of the four, but once you’re in, you still need to win two games against the best of the best teams. And this is football – you can’t get hot from three for a few games and pull off some sort of a miracle.

Georgia vs TCU CFP National Championship Preview, Prediction

It’s the College Football Playoff National Championship. This is a space reserved for the elite superpowers to battle it out at a whole other level of talent and greatness.

This is where Nick Saban became the greatest college football head coach of all-time. This is where Joe Burrow cemented his legacy with one of the greatest seasons on one of the greatest teams ever. This is Dabo, and Urban, and Deshaun, and Trevor, and Tua to DeVonta, and it’s …

Max Duggan.

It’s head coach Sonny Dykes, who had one ten-win season in his first 12 years as a head coach. He was 1-3 in bowls over his career – taking Cal to an Armed Forces Bowl win over Air Force in 2015 was one of his biggest accomplishments.

Going into this campaign, Duggan was the backup quarterback. Now the Heisman finalist has a shot at winning the national title.

College Football Playoff National Championship: Why To Cheer For Georgia

Before this season, Dykes had a career record of 73-63. Now the Coach of the Year candidate has a shot at winning the national title.

This is hardly a Little Engine That Could program – it’s had a whole lot of success over the last 25 years – but it’s not Georgia when it comes to talent level, school size, and all the big things that come with that.

It’s a Big 12 school – winning this wouldn’t be worthy of getting all schmaltzy with a “Cinderella story” narration – but it would provide a whole lot of hope for everyone else.

TCU proved it really is possible to find the right formula to keep winning, come through in the clutch time and again, and capitalize on the breaks when they come.

Win, and TCU will prove to all the other Power Five programs that might not be a Georgia, or an Alabama, or a Clemson that it really is possible to crack through the ceiling and not just get into the College Football Playoff, but to win the whole thing.

Win, and it would be a key moment to break through the status quo and give every fan base just a little bit of hope, especially with an expanded College Football Playoff coming in a few years.

Win, and it would cap off one of the most exciting and shocking seasons in college football history.

Win, and it would be the first time a Big 12 school won the College Football Playoff.

Win, and TCU football will disrupt the entire system, in a good way.

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