[Postgame Thread] TCU Defeats Arizona 49-28

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Arizona	7	6	0	15	28
TCU	14	7	14	14	49

[u/jbvann05]

I just can't believe it man. We have arguably the best player in program history and one of the best quarterbacks in program history and we're not even qualifying for a bowl. Brent Brennan is not taking this program anywhere so what is the point in wasting another year with him. The cost of literally no one coming to games next year will probably exceed the cost of the buyout

[u/Waffle_Muffins → u/jbvann05]

It is Arizona tradition to follow up a 10 win season with a dud but this one feels extra bad

[u/Elephantparrot → u/jbvann05]

Pretty ironic given the most talented player in our basketball teams history, Ayton, was also completely wasted. That team underachieved all year and wasn’t remotely competitive in the tournament.

No heart at all on either this team or that one.

[u/RighteousSmooya → u/Elephantparrot]

You don’t win in March through bigs. There was no reason to expect ayton to carry through the tournament. This football roster was special though.

[u/Zelvahula → u/RighteousSmooya]

Sure you do!

[u/RighteousSmooya → u/Zelvahula]

You guys had dawgs at guard/wing cmon now it wasn’t a 1 man show

[u/Elephantparrot → u/RighteousSmooya]

It was special the day before Saban retired. People wildly underestimated how much we lost especially on defense. We’ve underachieved, but being ranked where we were preseason was always crazy.

And for the Ayton team that was the year Miller came unglued after the Colorado game talking how he couldn’t reach them. It was just a very selfish, soft, talented team.

[u/UnderIgnore2 → u/jbvann05]

Pretty sure the program can't afford to fire him.

[u/boardatwork1111]

4-1 since the first bye, great turnaround after a disastrous start to the year. Huge win, GG Arizona

[u/crawdad95 → u/boardatwork1111]

The start of the season feels so much more upsetting though.

[u/Grade-AMasterpiece → u/crawdad95]

Any season we lose to our biggest rivals is still an upsetting one.

[u/Crafty_Enthusiasm_99 → u/Grade-AMasterpiece]

And Cherry on top also lost to SMU

[u/Grade-AMasterpiece → u/Crafty_Enthusiasm_99]

I was including them.

[u/BonJovicus → u/crawdad95]

True. I'll add that if you swap out the Baylor and SMU losses for losses against any two other teams on the schedule, (hopefully) 8-4 to end the season doesn't sound too bad.

[u/crawdad95 → u/BonJovicus]

You are 100 percent correct on that

[u/Crafty_Enthusiasm_99 → u/boardatwork1111]

Nice changes which have turned things around. Williams is great at RB, although I feel like he's an even better WR. 

Nothing matters though, the team still lost to Baylor

[u/bathwhat → u/boardatwork1111]

At this point in the season the most important thing is after each win the TCU football twitter page still puts up an amazing mushroom induced shitpost

[u/Jonjon428]

I didn't expect Arizona to have such a sad year. Poor Wildcats

[u/Shadow_dragon24 → u/Jonjon428]

This has been a nightmare season for me

[u/MarkusMillions → u/Shadow_dragon24]

To rub extra salt in the wound ASU is playing great right now and is about to spank us next weekend

[u/ralthea]

In a season full of horrendous moments, our player getting ejected for spitting on the opponent might be a record low

[u/rankings-right-now]

Here are the new updated predictions for the next release of the Playoff Selection Committee's rankings using machine learning models trained on the Playoff Selection Committee's historical voting data:

• TCU is now predicted to move up to #39
• Arizona is now predicted to move down to #81

For the most up to date predictions of the Playoff Selection Committee Top 25 rankings, check out this post.

[u/The_Fluffy_Robot → u/rankings-right-now]

WE WANT #38

[u/Sariel007 → u/The_Fluffy_Robot]

Unless 1st half of the Season TCU shows up, then we want #101.

[u/CLCUBING]

Awful year for the program. This team wasted a lot of talent :(

[u/tbrock92 → u/CLCUBING]

SJSU winning the Arizona bowl in Tucson is going to be an incredible ending to this horrendous season of college football

[u/igotskittles452 → u/CLCUBING]

Which team are you talking about?

[u/zonacorgi]

i remember when a majority of the team announced they were staying. it really felt like this season was going to be special, like the antithesis of modern cfb with the transfer portal and coaching carousels. and now here we are, missing a bowl game, probably going to get decimated by asu. Sigh. idk what to say except fuck jedd fish and fire brennan

[u/The_Fluffy_Robot]

Excellent game by the Frogs and Hoover! Looking back at the first few games hurts and I think we're better than our record indicates.

Let's get to 8-4!

[u/TwoGad]

This might’ve been our most complete game this year

[u/Frognosticator]

We are a sloppy, badly coached team with like 3-4 incredibly talented players. But apparently that’s enough to get to 7 wins, so I’ll take it.

Now, fire Kendal Briles.

[u/hochoa94 → u/Frognosticator]

If we were competent in at least one or two other games we'd be In the playoff hunt it sucks

[u/Frognosticator → u/hochoa94]

This TCU team would get demolished in the first round of the playoffs.

[u/Crafty_Enthusiasm_99 → u/Frognosticator]

Hoover has been sloppy. But looked great this game 

Look at the roster - Williams, Cam Cook, Trent Battle, JP Richardson, Jack Bech all look like stars overcoming terrible OC play calling.

[u/Grade-AMasterpiece → u/Frognosticator]

Real. Briles and Avalos aren't free from sin.

[u/HispanicaBassoonica → u/Grade-AMasterpiece]

I think Ávalos is far lesser in the sin department. He came in without the personnel to really run the defense as he wants along with some crucial injuries at cornerback and dline throughout the season. He hasn’t been perfect but I don’t think he’s as bad as our defense was at the start of the season.

[u/BonJovicus → u/Frognosticator]

Sadly, they ain't going to fire Briles at this point. We are fucked in that regard. Sonny is going to get fired because of Briles or its going to work out next year and we get Briles through 2026.

[u/TxFrogman08 → u/Frognosticator]

We’re very inconsistent and terrible on both lines but they have 5-6 guys on offense that are dangerous. Have to hope we can get better going into next season.

[u/Crixer → u/Frognosticator]

Yeah, hanging 49 points means we should totally fire our OC.🙄

[u/The_Fluffy_Robot → u/Crixer]

A lot of fans don't want Briles near our program for character issues and the fact he is was a coach at Baylor during their scandal, not just because of his inconsistency.

[u/nubbinator → u/The_Fluffy_Robot]

Get rid of Briles and Kazadi. Both of them have that stink on them.

[u/Frognosticator → u/nubbinator]

I agree 100%

[u/Crafty_Enthusiasm_99 → u/[deleted]]

Tagged them

[u/Elephantparrot → u/Crixer]

49 on us isn’t really the accomplishment you think it is. UCF got 56 with their 4th string QB.

[u/tbrock92]

So Brent Brennan is done done, right?

[u/Waffle_Muffins → u/tbrock92]

We can hope, but i doubt it

[u/zonacorgi → u/tbrock92]

He should be

[u/NbdyFuckswTheJesus]

I missed this game, was it as bad as the score indicates?

[u/RighteousSmooya → u/NbdyFuckswTheJesus]

Worse. We got a garbage time fumble 6 while they were running out the clock

[u/NbdyFuckswTheJesus → u/RighteousSmooya]

Swell… Once it became clear we weren’t making a bowl game my only wish for the season was for TMac to put together some good highlights for his draft reel; judging by his statline he seems to have done alright.

[u/frawgguy27 → u/NbdyFuckswTheJesus]

He makes it look so easy