Written by Matt Zemek at Bloguin
First things first on a significant college football Saturday: The main reason the TCU Horned Frogs lost their first game of 2015 is that the Oklahoma State Cowboys played brilliantly.
The Cowboys played this game the way they wanted to on both sides of the ball. They produced more home-run plays on offense and forced TCU to move the ball in more snaps and smaller gains. They took a big lead, protected it well, and left no doubt as to which team was better.
TCU didn’t lose primarily because of TCU; the Frogs lost because of their opponent. Mason Rudolph, James Washington, and the Cowboys’ back seven all played with sharpness, clarity and energy. They were ready for their big-stage moment, and they played like it.
With that having been said, however, Saturday was very much a day on which TCU got exposed. This doesn’t mean the Frogs are fraudulent (the idea that a one-loss team in November is fraudulent is an extreme statement, to say the least), but it does mean their weaknesses were glaring enough to create a decisive loss.
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