TCU Horned Frogs: Keys To The Season, Top Game, Top Transfer, Fun Stats
TCU Horned Frogs: Key To The 2022 Offense
Keep the running game going.
It’s easy to focus on the fun passing games under Sonny Dykes, and certainly he’s going to want to wing it all over the yard – SMU averaged over 300 yards through the air last season – but the talent is there to grind it a bit and keep the O balanced.
SMU could run, too, averaging 4.6 yards per carry and having some strong moments when it took over games …
Like against TCU. The Mustangs rumbled at will for 350 yards in the 42-34 win last year.
Zach Evans might be off to Ole Miss, but the offense is still build to run well after averaging close to 200 yards per game. TCU averaged five yards per carry, and it can do that again if there’s a commitment.
TCU Horned Frogs: Key To The 2022 Defense
Get the pass rush going again.
It was one of the biggest stunners for the TCU defense. It had a great talent up front in Ochaun Mathis, and now he’s gone to Nebraska. Khari Coleman is another great player and he’s at Ole Miss.
Even with those two – along with leading pass rusher Dylan Horton – TCU still only came up with 15 sacks, but at least it was consistent with the minimal production.
There have been times over the years when the Horned Frogs couldn’t get the pass rush going – like in 2019 – but they only averaged 1.25 sacks per game. Most of the other issues on a disappointing defense came from that lack of pressure.
TCU Horned Frogs: Key Player To The 2022 Season
DT Soni Misi, Sr.
TCU needs to be better against the run.
It got ripped apart for 5.8 yards per carry and 38 touchdowns – Oklahoma State ran for eight scores and then decided it was done – and it starts by being stronger up front.
The Horned Frogs have size, but it’s the 6-2, 312-pound Misi who’ll likely be the anchor in the middle to work around. His stats aren’t going to matter.
Can he, and/or the other tackles change this around and get back to 2020, when TCU allowed just 3.6 yards per carry and gave up five touchdown runs over nine games – after getting pounded on by Iowa State to start the season?
TCU Horned Frogs: Key Transfer
S Mark Perry, Jr.
The Horned Frogs are also getting a terrific corner transfer from ULM in Josh Newton, who made 84 tackles with three picks and 15 broken up passes over his three years.
Perry had a light first two years at Colorado, and then last year he turned into a factor with 66 tackles, three interceptions, and with three broken up passes with a fumble recovery. He should be able to step in right away and be a factor at one of the three safety gigs.
TCU Key Game To The 2022 Season
Oklahoma, Oct. 1
Just how fast can Sonny Dykes get this all going?
Oklahoma is Oklahoma. It’s talented, it’s dangerous, and it’s also in a bit of a rebuilding mode this year. The Horned Frogs get the Big 12 opener at home, and it’s coming off a relatively easy start to the season – they should be at least 2-1, and possible 3-0 against at Colorado, Tarleton State, and at South Alabama – and get a trip to Kansas right after.
Basically, TCU will know right away where it stands.
TCU Horned Frogs: 2021 Fun Stats
– Fumbles: TCU 18 (lost 9) – Opponents 9 (lost 3)
– Passing Yards Per Game: Opponents 239.8 – Opponents 239.6
– Sacks: Opponents 28 for 187 yards – TCU 15 for 113 yards
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