2019 Horned Frog Football Week 10: TCU-Oklahoma State Gameday Information

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Game 8 of the 2019 TCU Football Season: TCU Horned Frogs (4-3, 2-2) versus Oklahoma State (5-3, 2-3): Saturday, November 2, 2019, 2:30 pm (Central), Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, Oklahoma; TV: ESPN (TV talent: Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek and Olivia Dekker); Radio -- WBAP 820 AM, KTCU 88.7, Sirius 113, XM 200 (Radio Talent: Brian Estridge, John Denton, Landry Burdine); Spanish Radio: KFZO 99.1 (Radio Talent: Miguel Cruz, Elvis Gallegos).

ESPN College GameDay Week 10: ESPN GameDay will be in Memphis, Tennessee, on Saturday, November 2. #15 SMU (8-0) will battle #24 Memphis. The game kicks off at 6:30 pm Central. The game is being broadcast by ABC. During the college football season, GameDay airs live on ESPN on Saturdays, from 8 to 11 am Central. GameDay features Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Desmond Howard, David Pollack and Maria Taylor.

Oklahoma State Gameday Guide: here 

Lead On: A Campaign for TCU Video: here

TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson Talks about Oklahoma State: here

Oklahoma Head Coach Mike Gundy Talks about TCU: here

TCU-Oklahoma State Game Watching Party Locations: here

TCU Football 2019 Hype Video: here 

TCU Football 2019 Intro Video: here

TCU Riff-Ram Video from the TCU-Arkansas Pine Bluff Game on August 31: here 

TCU Riff-Ram Video from the TCU-SMU Game on September 21: here

TCU Riff-Ram Video from TCU-Kansas Game on September 28: here

TCU's "Hello, FunkyTown. The Frogs are back” Video: here and here 

TCU Earn the Chip Video: here 

TCU: The Chip Video: Game 7 vs Texas Video: here

TCU's Previous Game: This is TCU’s eighth game of the 2019 season. The Frogs' last game was a 37-27 win over No. 15 Texas in Fort Worth on Saturday, October 26. 

Oklahoma State's Previous Game: On Saturday, October 26, in Ames, Iowa, Oklahoma State shocked No. 23 Iowa State, 34-27.

Previous TCU-Oklahoma State Game: TCU beat Oklahoma State, 31-24, on November 24, 2018, in Fort Worth. The victory improved TCU's record to 6-6, making the Horned Frogs bowl-eligible. TCU received and accepted an invitation to play against the University of California in the Cheez-It Bowl. 

TCU-Oklahoma State Rivalry:

• Oklahoma State holds a 15-12-2 edge in the all-time series with TCU.
• TCU is 7-5-2 versus Oklahoma State in Fort Worth, 4-8 in Stillwater, 1-1 in a pair of meetings (1943, 1946) in Oklahoma City and 0-1 in Dallas (1945 Cotton Bowl).
• TCU is playing in Stillwater for the fifth time in its eight seasons in the Big 12. Upon entering the conference in 2012, TCU inherited Texas A&M's league schedule in which the Aggies owed the Cowboys an extra home game. TCU played at Oklahoma State in consecutive seasons in 2012 and 2013, before hosting the Cowboys for the first time in 2014.
• TCU head coach Gary Patterson is 3-4 as a head coach versus Oklahoma State with all seven meetings since TCU joined the Big 12 in 2012.
• TCU has won the last two meetings with Oklahoma State (2017 in Stillwater and 2018 in Fort Worth), its longest winning streak versus the Cowboys since a string of three consecutive victories from 1990-92.

TCU-Oklahoma State Connections:

• The game will feature the all-time winningest coaches at both schools. TCU head coach Gary Patterson has 171 victories at TCU. Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy has 126 wins for OSU.
• TCU defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Chad Glasgow was a three-year letterman (1991-93) at linebacker for Oklahoma State. He was also a graduate assistant (1994-95) under former Oklahoma State head coach Bob Simmons.
• TCU co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach Curtis Luper played at Oklahoma State (1984- 87) before returning to Stillwater as a Cowboys' assistant coach (2005-08).
• Oklahoma State defensive analyst Chris Thurmond was a TCU defensive backs coach in 1995, and from 1998-2000. Thurmond also was Houston's interim head coach when it faced TCU in the 2007 Texas Bowl
• Oklahoma State associate head coach/receivers coach Kasey Dunn was TCU's cornerbacks coach in 2003.
• Oklahoma State has 43 players from Texas on its roster, including three from Fort Worth: Tylan Wallace (#2), South Hills; Shaun Taylor (#18), All Saints Episcopal; and Truett Knox (#54), Aledo.
• TCU has two players on its roster from Oklahoma: senior cornerback Keenan Reed (#4), of Tulsa, and freshman linebacker Zach Marcheselli (#34) of Broken Arrow.

2019 TCU Football Fact Book: here 

2019 TCU Sports Fall Guide: here 

TCU Campus Tour Video: here 

2019 Oklahoma State Football Guide: here

2019 Oklahoma State  Football Video: here

Frogs Missing in Action: Cornerback Julius Lewis is expected to return to action in the Oklahoma State game. Linebacker LaKendrick Van Zandt may return to action in the Oklahoma State game. The Texas game was the last game for offensive tackle Lucas Niang. He is having season-ending surgery for a torn hip labrum. Receiver Dylan Thomas suffered a leg injury in the Iowa State game. The injury required surgery. Thomas most likely will miss the season. Cornerback Noah Daniels suffered a season-ending injury during a summer practice session.

The Line: Oklahoma State opened as a five-point favorite.The Cowboys now are a two-point favorite. The over/under is 58.5 points.

Midnite's TCU-Oklahoma State Prediction: TCU 30, Oklahoma State 28

TCU Notables:

• TCU's 40 road wins since 2009 rank in a tie for third nationally. The Horned Frogs are 40-17 (.702) in that stretch.
• TCU is 18-16 on the road in its Big 12 history.
• Ten of TCU's last 22 Big 12 road games have been decided by seven points or less. The Horned Frogs are 6-4 in those games. Since beginning Big 12 play in 2012, TCU is 9-7 in conference road games decided by seven points or less.
• TCU is No. 1 in the Big 12 and 18th nationally in total defense.
• The Horned Frogs lead the nation in fewest first downs allowed at 97 (13.8 per game).
• TCU is in its eighth season in the Big 12. 
• Dating back to last year, TCU has won six of its last nine games and seven of its last 11 games. 
• The Horned Frogs were picked fourth in the 2019 Preseason Big 12 Media Preseason Poll. The last two times TCU was predicted fourth or lower, it won a Big 12 Championship (2014) and played in the Big 12 Championship Game (2017). 
• In six of the last eight odd-numbered years (2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017), TCU has won at least 11 games. 
• Over the last six seasons, TCU (51-21, 32-17) has the Big 12's second-best overall and conference records. 
• TCU is one of just six programs nationally to finish in the top 10 of the final polls at least three times (2014, 2015, 2017) in the last five seasons. The others are Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State and Oklahoma. 
• TCU has five 11-win seasons this decade, equaling the combined number of the 11 other FBS programs in the state. 
• Patterson is the nation's second-longest tenured head coach, trailing only Iowa's Kirk Ferentz (21st year). 
• Under Patterson, TCU has posted seven top-10 finishes and 11 in the top 25. The Horned Frogs have won at least 10 games in 11 of the last 17 seasons. 
• Patterson has accounted for 26 percent (170 of 654) of TCU's all-time football victories. 
• Patterson has been a Coach of the Year in all three leagues he has guided TCU: Conference USA (2002), Mountain West (2005, 2009), and Big 12 (2014). 
• TCU is 118-38 in Saturday contests since 2005 and 21-11 on other days of the week (1-0 on Sundays, 0-1 on Mondays, 2-0 on Tuesdays, 3-0 on Wednesdays, 7-8 on Thursdays and 8-2 on Fridays). 
• Since 2001, Patterson’s first full season as TCU’s head coach, the Horned Frogs have been the most successful program in the state of Texas. Since 2005, TCU has the best record (139-49) in Texas among the 12 FBS programs. 
• Since 2008, Patterson is second nationally among active head coaches in most Associated Press Top-10 finishes, with six. Nick Saban leads, with 11. 
• TCU ranked No. 1 nationally last season for most offensive tackles (six) in the NFL.
• Since 2005, TCU tops all private schools in victories and winning percentage (139-49, .739).
• Since the NCAA began tracking statistics in 1937, TCU trails only Alabama for the most times leading the nation in total defense. The Crimson Tide have been No. 1 seven times, while all five No. 1 rankings for the Horned Frogs are in the last 19 seasons.
• With the exception of 2015, TCU has been first or second in the Big 12 in total defense each year. 
• TCU has at least one sack in of 74 its last 77 contests. 
• Since beginning Big 12 play in 2012, TCU leads the conference in most games with at least three sacks. 
• TCU has the longest streak among Big 12 schools with 22 consecutive seasons with at least 25 sacks. 
• Since beginning Big 12 play in 2012, TCU is tied for third nationally with five different players returning punts for touchdowns. 
• At 339 games (November 16, 1991; Texas 32, TCU 0), TCU has the nation’s second-longest current streak for not being shut out. 
• TCU’s streak of scoring in 339 consecutive games is fourth on the NCAA’s all-time list.
  In Patterson’s tenure as head coach, TCU has had 48 players drafted with 119 in NFL camps. 
• TCU has 18 former players active in the NFL. Fourteen of them have earned their degrees.
• On its 2019 roster, TCU has eight players with their degrees already in hand: Shameik Blackshear, Alex Delton, Nate Guyton, TreVontae Hights, Julius Lewis, Ryan McGee, Sewo Olonilua, and Jonathan Song. 
• On its 2019 120-player roster, TCU has 48 freshmen (true and redshirt). 
• TCU has qualified for a bowl game in 19 of the last 21 seasons. The Horned Frogs have earned a bowl trip in 16 of Patterson’s 18 seasons as head coach. 
• TCU running back Darius Anderson tops all current Horned Frogs with seven career 100-yard games. 
• In the SMU game, Max Duggan became the second true freshman and third non-Texan to start at quarterback in the 19-season head coaching era of Patterson. In the Iowa State game, Duggan became the first quarterback in the Patterson-era to start a game in his home state that's not Texas.
• Dan Sharp, the Horned Frogs' defensive line coach, has been on the TCU coaching staff for 28 years. He is the nation's second-most tenured assistant (Bud Foster, Virginia Tech, 33 years). 
• TCU is 655-550-57 (.542) in its football history that began in 1896.

Boone Pickens Stadium Rules and Regulations: 

• All persons, including children of any age, must have a ticket for admission into Boone Pickens Stadium.
• Ticket holders are restricted to sitting in the location that appears on their ticket.
• All persons are subject to search.
• Allowable bags (12”x 12” x 12” or less) brought into the stadium will be searched.
• Only authorized personnel with proper game credentials will be permitted on the field.
• Tobacco (including electronic cigarettes, vapor devices, etc.) use is prohibited on university property.
• Service animals for guests with disabilities are permitted. All other animals are prohibited. All service animals must remain under the control of the handler at all times.
• No chair backs are allowed in the stadium.
• Ticket holders are responsible for their conduct as well as the conduct of their guests and/or person using the tickets.
• Boone Pickens Stadium has a no re-entry policy.
• The following items are not permitted to be brought into Boone Pickens Stadium: banners, signs or flags, umbrellas, car seats, baby strollers/carriers, artificial noisemakers, beach balls, explosives, weapons, firearms, drones, outside food or drink, ice chests, backpacks, video cameras, cameras with lens longer than 3 inches (detachable or non-detachable), tripods, monopods, laser pointers, selfie sticks, and any item that may create a safety concern, disturbance or obstruct the view of other fans.

Additional information: here

2019 Game 9 for TCU: TCU will clash with undefeated Baylor (8-0, 5-0) at 11 am or 2:30 pm Central, on November 9, in Amon G. Carter Stadium. ABC, ESPN or FS1 will broadcast the game.