When many people look at the record of the [autotag]TCU Horned Frogs[/autotag], they’ll immediately think this is a game the Oklahoma Sooners will dominate. But if you dive into the tape and look at them more intently, you’ll see this TCU team is far better than a 5-6 ball club.
TCU lost a ton of their offensive production from a season ago. It’s taken them some time to start clicking on offense. But man, have they started to click since [autotag]Josh Hoover[/autotag] took over at quarterback.
The Horned Frogs rank No. 14 in the nation in total offense and No. 9 in the nation in passing offense.
Color Analyst for TCU’s radio network, Landry Burdine, joined my podcast, Eat. Sleep. Bedlam., to preview the upcoming game on Friday. He talked about what the reason has been for the recent offense success. “I think they’re figuring it out at the right time,” Burdine said. “Chandler Morris is a hell of a quarterback. He’s really good, but he’s just gotten the injury bug. So, I think with Josh Hoover, the reason he’s still playing is he’s done well, but it’s also given them a chance to get a young guy some important minutes in a season that, I don’t want to say, getting to a bowl game doesn’t matter but they’re afforded the luxury of allowing some young guys to get some playing time.”
One of the things that Burdine mentions that has held TCU back this season is their red zone offense. In fact, they rank No. 127 out of 130 teams in college football. That’s something they’ll have to improve on if they want to pull off the upset.
For Oklahoma, they have to be ready to play on both sides of the ball. This might be the best offensive team they’ve seen all season and they’ve faced a ton of good ones. This is shaping up to be a good final game to end the 2023 regular season.
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