Exhausted No. 4 TCU Has Done Its Job for Playoff So Far at 11-0

By STEPHEN HAWKINS, AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP)– There will be some individuals who take a look at how fourth-ranked TCU is still unbeaten entering into the last week of the routine season, and they will question if the Horned Frogs actually should have to be part of the playoff conversation. Their newest success began a disorderly game-ending basket that topped a two-score rally in the last 2 minutes, 7 seconds at Baylor, in an arena with a bitter playoff-busting memory for the Frogs (11 -0, 8-0 Big 12, No. 4 CFP). Just one of their conference wins has actually been by more than 10 points and they needed to conquer double-digit deficits after halftime in back-to-back video games last month. “They can state whatever they wish to state. Our task’s to win football video games. We’ve done our task approximately this point,” first-year TCU coach Sonny Dykes stated after Saturday’s 29-28 win. “And, you understand, ideally we’ll do it once again Saturday. And what anyone states I could not care less about.” The very first Big 12 group to reach 11 -0 in the College Football Playoff period, the Frogs play their regular-season ending versus Iowa State (4-7, 1-7) next weekend. They then will need to go just about 20 miles from school to play No. 15 Kansas State or No. 24 Texas in the Big 12 national championship at AT&T Stadium on Dec. 3, the day prior to the last CFP rankings that will figure out the 4 playoff groups. Political Cartoons Those will be the 10 th and 11 th successive Saturdays for TCU to play considering that its open date throughout Week 3 back in mid-September. “We’re tired. I indicate, I’m not going to lie. … We’ve played a great deal of video games like this, and this takes a lot out of you,” Dykes stated. “It wasn’t constantly ideal (Saturday), however completion result occurred the method we desired it to and we were lucky. I believe all of us understand that. At the very same time, it’s like I informed the people, it’s not a mishap. If we’re not a group that does not do things t
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