Oklahoma football built a big early lead on TCU but the Horned Frogs clawed their way back into the game. What’d we learn from Oklahoma’s tight win?
What a game. While it may have been officially decided by a questionable first-down ruling which couldn’t be overturned, Oklahoma held on to beat TCU 28-24 in Lincoln on Saturday night, avoiding a massive upset.
Oklahoma mounted a big lead over the Horned Frogs, looking like it was about to run away with a 40 or 50-point win. But the TCU defense limited Oklahoma to just seven points in the second half and had a chance to take a late lead, but Max Duggan threw a critical interception.
To say Oklahoma is breathing a sigh of relief as its playoff hopes remain alive would be a massive understatement.
What’d we learn from Oklahoma’s win over TCU?
3. TCU is tough
Oklahoma would be the first to tell you, TCU is one tough team.
The young Horned Frogs looked overmatched early on down 21-0 but they didn’t quit. They pieced together a comeback, scoring 24 of the next 31 points to pull within four in the fourth quarter and a lot of that had to do with the defense stepping up as well as Max Duggan not panicking down the stretch — though he didn’t have a great game.
Unfortunately, the freshman quarterback turned the ball over in a crucial moment in the game, tossing into into the arms of Brendan Radley-Hiles on a fourth down play which essentially crushed any comeback hope the Horned Frogs had.
This team fought its heart out and it looked like a team that’s going to give the rest of the Big 12 problems for years to come under Gary Patterson.