TCU-Texas Football Gameday for October 3, 2020

 

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Game 2 of TCU’s 2020 Football Season: TCU Horned Frogs versus the No. 9 Texas Longhorns: Saturday, October 3, 2020; 11 am (Central); Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium; Austin, Texas; TV: FOX (TV talent: Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt and Jenny Taft); 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).

The Line for the TCU-Texas Game: Texas opened as a 13-point favorite. The Longhorns were a 10.5-point favorite on Saturday. The over/under opened at 62.5 points. It is now 63 points.

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TCU's Previous Game: This is TCU’s second game of the 2020 season. The Frogs lost their season-opener, home-opener and Big 12 Conference-opener last Saturday, September 26, to Iowa State, 37-34, in Fort Worth. Watch highlights: here

Texas' Previous Game: This is Texas' third game of the 2020 season. On Saturday, September 26, in its Big 12 Conference-opener, in Lubbock, Texas, the 8th-ranked Longhorns outlasted Texas Tech, 63-56, in overtime. Watch highlights: here

Previous TCU-Texas Game: During the 2019 season, TCU entered its seventh game of the season with a 3-3 record. In Amon G. Carter Stadium, in a Homecoming game on Saturday, October 26, the Frogs defeated 15th ranked Texas, 37-27. TCU freshman quarterback Max Duggan threw for a career-high 273 yards, tossed a pair of touchdowns and scored one on the ground. TCU totaled 435 yards of offense; 273 yards through the air and 162 yards on the ground. The Frogs' defense intercepted four passes, the team's most in a regular-season game since notching four at Texas in 2014. The win was TCU's fifth in the last six games with the Longhorns. For the game, the Frogs wore for the first time a fierce purple helmet, an anthracite jersey and anthracite pants.

TCU-Texas Rivalry:

• In 2019, TCU beat Texas for the fifth time in six seasons.
• The Frogs are 6-2 against the Longhorns since joining the Big 12 Conference in 2012, including 3-1 in Austin.
• TCU head coach Gary Patterson is 6-3 against Texas. Since 1996, he ranks No. 1 in the nation among all head coaches past and present (minimum 5 games) in career winning percentage (.667, 6-3) against Texas.
• This will be the 91st meeting between TCU and Texas. UT leads the series, 63-26-1. The series began with an 18-10 Texas win in 1897.
• Texas won 24 straight over TCU from 1968-1991.
• In 2012, TCU upset Mack Brown and No. 18 Texas, 20-13, in the first Thanksgiving night game in Austin following the demise of the Lone Star showdown with the Texas A&M Aggies, who bolted for the Southeastern Conference. 
• Texas is TCU's fourth-most played series, trailing only series with Baylor (115), SMU (99) and Texas A&M (92).
• One of the more memorable wins in TCU football history was a 6-0 victory at No. 1 Texas on November 18, 1961. The TCU victory potentially cost the Longhorns their first national championship. TCU straggled into the game with a 2-4-1 record. Undefeated Texas was ranked No. 1 in the country for the first time since early 1946, and only TCU and Texas A&M stood between the Longhorns and the school's first national championship. TCU scored in the second quarter by reaching into a bag of tricks. At midfeld, TCU quarterback Sonny Gibbs pitched the ball back to his tailback on a fake sweep, got it back, and then heaved a pass to end Buddy Iles, who was hit at the two-yard line and bounced into the end zone.  On its final two drives of the game, Texas began deep in its own territory and never threatened. TCU had a 6-0 upset win. It was the last win of the season for the up-and-down Horned Frogs, who lost to Rice and tied sMu. Texas bounced back to beat a&m, and then Mississippi in the Cotton Bowl. The Longhorns finished third in the country, behind Ohio State, which had lost to TCU early in the season. Alabama won the national title. In 1962, UT coach Darrell K. Royal compared the TCU situation to a cockroach: “It’s not so much what he gets into and carries away but what he falls into and messes up.”
  

TCU-Texas Connections: 

• TCU head coach Gary Patterson served in 1987 as the defensive coordinator at Cal Lutheran, alma mater of Texas head coach Tom Herman.
• On November 4, 2017, when TCU beat Texas 24-7 in The Carter, Horned Frogs head coach Gary Patterson coached his 100th TCU home game.
• Texas Vice President and Director of Athletics Chris Del Conte formerly was TCU’s director of intercollegiate athletics (2009-2017).
  
• UT has four players on its roster from Fort Worth: sophomore linebacker Luke Brockermeyer (#47), of All Saints; freshman defensive back Tannahill Love (#44) of All Saints; sophomore defensive back Turner Symonds (#21), of Fort Worth Country Day; and sophomore jack-backer Byron Vaughns (#50), of Eastern Hills.
• TCU has five players on its roster from Austin: Wilson Long (#6), a freshman quarterback from Regents School of Austin; Penny Baker (#32), a freshman wide receiver from Westlake High School/Baylor; Elias Garcia Olague (#35), a senior linebacker from Westlake High School/Navarro College; Spencer Dye (#66), a freshman offensive lineman from Hyde Park Baptist High School; and Cole Sayre (#82), a redshirt freshman placekicker from Hyde Park Baptist High School.
  
• Lauren Heard, a senior guard for the TCU women's basketball team, is the younger sister of former Texas wide receiver Jerrod Heard. 

 TCU Notables:

• The Frogs lost their season-opener, home-opener and Big 12 Conference-opener last Saturday, September 26, to Iowa State, 37-34, in Fort Worth.
• Against the Cyclones, TCU accumulated 499 total yards; 400 yards through the air and 99 yards on the ground.
• Against Iowa State, sophomore quarterback Matthew Downing made his first start and appearance as a Horned Frog. He played the first half. He completed 11 of 21 passes for 159 yards and his first career touchdown.
• Sophomore quarterback Max Duggan, who has recently recovered from a medical procedure to correct a heart situation he has had since birth, played the second half of the Iowa State game. He completed 16 of 19 passes for 241 yards and a career-high tying three touchdowns.
• Junior running back Emari Demercado was TCU's leading rusher against the Cyclones. He carried the football eight times for 39 yards.
• TCU opened its season against Iowa State for the first time since 1998, in Patterson's first game as a Horned Frog. He was TCU's defensive coordinator in its 31-21 win in Ames, Iowa.
•  TCU dropped a home opener for the first time since Patterson's first game as head coach in 2001.
•  The Horned Frogs had won their last 18 home openers, tied for the nation's eighth-longest streak entering the game. 
• The Horned Frogs are now 15-5 in season openers under Patterson and 75-40-9 overall in openers.
• TCU's six-game winning streak in season openers was snapped.
• TCU's September 26 season opener was its latest to begin a campaign since a 13-0 win at Arkansas on October 2, 1943.
• The Horned Frogs opened their season with a conference game for the first time since a 26-3 win at New Mexico in 2008.
• TCU began its season at home with a conference opponent for the first time since facing SMU in 1979.
• TCU opened at home for just the ninth time in Patterson's 20 seasons. 
• Against Iowa State, seven Horned Frogs made their first career TCU starts: center Esteban Avila; wide receiver Mikel Barkley; offensive tackle Andrew Coker; cornerback Noah Daniels; quarterback Matthew Downing; defensive tackle Soni Misi; and wide receiver JD Spielman.  
• Sacks in the Iowa State game by Garret Wallow and Parker Workman gave TCU at least one sack in 80 of its last 83 games.
• Against Iowa State, TCU scored for the 346th consecutive game. It's the nation's second-longest current streak and fourth all-time in NCAA history. The Horned Frogs haven't been blanked since November 16, 1991, at Texas (32-0).
• Junior safety La'Kendrick Van Zandt's 24-yard fumble return for a touchdown was TCU's first score in that manner since Jawuan Johnson against Oklahoma State in 2018. 
• Senior linebacker Garret Wallow had a team-best nine tackles, including two for loss, and a sack and a forced fumble, which Van Zandt returned for the touchdown.
  
• TCU's team captains for the Iowa State game were Taye Barber, Trevon Moehrig, Austin Myers and Wallow.
• For the Iowa State game, TCU players wore a white helmet, a purple jersey and white pants. 
  
• Gary Patterson is in his 20th season as head coach of the Horned Frogs. He is TCU’s winningest football coach with a record of 172-71. Patterson has won 22 national coach of the year honors. His 20 seasons make him the nation's second-longest tenured head coach.   
• Patterson is 172-71 overall in 20 seasons and 39-35 against league opponents since TCU joined the Big 12 in 2012. 
• Going back to last season, TCU has lost eight of its last 13 games.
• Going back to the 2018 season, TCU has lost 14 of its last 26 games.
  
• Patterson is the second-longest tenured coach at one school in the FBS (Kirk Ferentz is in his 22nd year at the University of Iowa).
• Patterson's 172 victories are the most by an active head coach at his current school.   
• The 2020 NFL Draft marked the first time the TCU football program has produced four draft picks through three rounds of the draft. TCU's five draft picks were the most of any Big 12 team. It was the 14th straight draft a defensive Frog has been selected.  
• Twenty-one Horned Frogs are on the rosters of National Football League (NFL) teams.
• Patterson is the Horned Frogs' all-time winningest coach with 172 victories, which are also the most by an active head coach nationally at his current school, Patterson's winning percentage (172-71) ranks fourth among active FBS coaches (minimum 10 years).
• Patterson is tied for second nationally among active FBS head coaches in most AP Top-10 finishes with six (2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017). He's also second among active head coaches in most top-25 finishes with 11.
• Patterson led TCU to a 2014 Big 12 championship in just its third season in the conference. TCU has won six conference championships, in three different leagues, under Patterson. He has also been the coach of the year in each conference.  
• The Horned Frogs have won at least 10 games in 11 seasons under Patterson.  
• Last year, the Frogs finished 5-7 overall and 3-6 in the Big 12. TCU tied for seventh place in the conference in 2019 and was one of four Big 12 teams that were home for the holidays and not bowling. It was the third time in Patterson’s 19-year TCU head-coaching career that the Horned Frogs did not close out a season by playing in a bowl game. The other two times were after the 2004 and 2013 seasons.  
• The Horned Frogs were picked sixth in the 2020 Preseason Big 12 Media Preseason Poll.
• TCU won conference championships in both previous seasons it was picked sixth or lower in a preseason poll under Patterson (6th, 2005 Mountain West; 7th, 2014 Big 12).
• Since Patterson arrived at TCU as defensive coordinator in 1998, TCU has fared well in the opening season of a new decade. In 2010, TCU went 13-0, won the Rose Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 2 nationally. The Horned Frogs were 10-2 and won the WAC in 2000. Patterson began that season as defensive coordinator before being named head coach prior to the Mobile Alabama Bowl versus Southern Miss.
• Over the last six seasons, TCU has the Big 12's second-best conference record (33-22) and third-best overall mark (52-27).
• TCU is one of just seven programs nationally to finish in the top 10 of the final polls at least three times (2014, 2015, 2017) in the last six seasons. The others are Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Penn State.
• TCU had five 11-win seasons last decade, equaling the combined number of the 11 other FBS programs in Texas.
• TCU is the only school in the nation to lead its conference in total defense in each of the last three seasons.
• During his TCU tenure, Patterson has defeated ranked opponents 26 times, including 11 victories over teams in the top 10, the most notable of which was the Frogs' 21-19 victory over No. 5 Wisconsin in the 2011 Rose Bowl.
• The last time an unranked TCU team beat a top-10 team was in 2011, when the Frogs beat No. 5 Boise State, 36-35, in Boise, Idaho, in the 10th game of the season. TCU finished the season 11-2, 7-0 in the Mountain West Conference (MWC). The Frogs won their third straight MWC championship. They then defeated Louisiana Tech, 31-24, in the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego.
• Among the new additions to TCU's offensive staff is volunteer coach Tim Beck. Beck spent has spent his coaching career at Pittsburg State in Kansas with stints as the defensive coordinator (1992-93), offensive coordinator (1994-2009) and head coach (2010-19).
• TCU's 2020 recruiting class ranked among the top 25 in the country and featured six blue-chip players, including the highest recruit ever for Patterson. He is running back Zach Evans.
• Evans is the Frogs’ first five-star commit in the modern recruiting era. He was the No. 16 player in the nation in the 2020 class and the No. 1 player in Texas. The 5-foot-11, 200-pounder helped lead Houston North Shore to two consecutive Class 6A state championship games. For his career, Evans rushed for 4,867 yards with 76 touchdowns.
  During recruitment, Evans compiled over 40 offers, including from Texas A&M, Tennessee, Texas, LSU, Ole Miss, LSU, Auburn, Baylor, Michigan, Oklahoma, Notre Dame and USC. 
• For Saturday's game against Texas, TCU players will wear a black helmet with purple center stripe, a white jersey with purple numerals, and black pants. 
  

Missing in Action: 

• Defensive tackle Terrell Cooper is “probable” for the Texas game. He missed the season Iowa State game because of an undisclosed injury.
• The entire football program tested negative for COVID following the Iowa State game. The team had another test on Wednesday, which is usually the determining factor for the roster outlook on the weekend.
  

Texas Notables:

• Texas is the ninth-ranked team in the country.
• Texas has won its first two games of the 2020 season: 59-3 over UTEP on September 12, in Austin; and 63-56 in overtime over Texas Tech on September 26, in Lubbock.
• Texas is 2-0 overall, 1-0 in the Big 12.
  
• Texas, which was then ranked eighth in the country, trailed Texas Tech by 15 points with just over three minutes to play.
• Texas senior quarterback Sam Ehlinger (#11) threw two touchdowns passes in the final 3:13 to force overtime, then threw a game-winning touchdown pass in overtime. 
• Ehlinger finished 27 of 40 for 262 yards passing, with five touchdown throws. He had one interception. He ran 16 times for 69 yards and a touchdown.
• The Austin native's performance marked his second-straight outing with five passing touchdowns, making him the first player in UT hostory to achieve that feat in consecutive games. His six touchdowns are a career high.
• In recognition of his performance against Texas Tech, Ehlinger was named to the Davey O'Brien Award's Great 8 list, a Manning Award Star of the Week and the Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Week. It is the second time in as many outings this season that Ehlinger has been recognized by the O'Brien and Manning awards, as well as the Big 12 Conference. 
• Through the first two games of the 2020 season, Ehlinger has completed 52-of-73 passes (71.2%) for 688 yards and 10 touchdowns. He has thrown one interception. He has rushed for 81 yards and one touchdown, for 769 yards of total offense and 11 touchdowns. 
• Ehlinger's 11 touchdowns accounted for are the most by a Longhorn in a two-game stretch since Ricky Williams set an NCAA record with 11 rushing touchdowns over a two-game stretch against Rice (6 TDs) and Iowa State (5 TDs) during his Heisman Trophy-winning campaign in 1998.
• Nationally, Ehlinger's 10 passing touchdowns and 68 points responsible for are the most among FBS players this season.
• Ehlinger ranks second in the country for points responsible for per game (34.0), sixth in total offense (384.5), seventh in passing yards per game (344.0) and completions per game (26.0) and eighth in passing efficiency (192.9).
• Ehlinger's 10 passing touchdowns through two games are the most in school history, and he is the first Power Five quarterback since USC's Matt Barkley in 2012 to record double-digit touchdown passes in his team's first two games of the season. Purdue's Curtis Painter (2007) is the only other Power Five quarterback to hit that mark since 2000. 
• On the Longhorns’ first snap of the season against UTEP, Ehlinger connected on a 78-yard touchdown pass to Joshua Moore. Ehlinger also had a 40-yard touchdown pass in the rout.
• Junior running back Keaontay Ingram (#26) led the Longhorns on the ground. He had 12 carries for 89 yards.
• Redshirt sophomore wide receiver Joshua Moore (#6) had five catches for 73 yards and three touchdowns.
• Senior wide receiver Brenden Schooler (#14) caught seven passes for 58 yards and one touchdown.
• Junior wide receiver Brennan Eagles (#13) had a touchdown catch.
• Junior defensive back B.J. Foster (#6) had seven tackles to lead the Texas defense, which had no sacks against Texas Tech.
• Texas Tech had 441 yards of offense; 325 yards passing and 116 yards rushing. 
• Through two games, Texas is averaging 61 points a game, and giving up 29.5 points a game. 
• The 'Horns are averaging 211 yards rushing per game. Their opponents are averaging 80 yards rushing per game. 
• Texas is averaging 372 yards passing a game. Its opponents are averaging 258 passing yardsa game.
• The Longhorns are averaging 582 yards of total offense per game. Their opponents are averaging 337 yards of total offense per game.
• Through two games, Ingram has rushed for 133 yards, an average of 66.5 yards per game.
• Sophomore running back Roschon Johnson (#2) has 82 yards rushing, for an average of 41 yards per game.
• Moore (#6) has 11 receptions for 200 yards and four touchdowns through two games. He has a long reception of 78 yards.
• Senior wide receiver Brenden Schooler (#14) has caught nine passes for 123 yards. He has two touchdown receptions.
• Junior wide receiver Brennan Eagles (#13) also has two touchdown catches. 
• Sophomore defensive back Chris Adimora (#1) leads the Texas defense with 11 tackles and one interception.
• Junior jack-backer Joseph Ossai (#46) has 10 tackles. 
• Junior defensive back Caden Sterns (#7) has eight tackles and one interception. 
• Redshirt junior defensive back Josh Thompson (#9) and senior defensive back Chris Brown (#15) each have an interception.
• The Longhorns have recorded two sacks, one each by redshirt freshman linebacker Marcus Tillman, Jr., and freshman defensive lineman Alfred Collins (#95).
• Texas is chasing its first Big 12 title since 2009 and is 2-0 for the first time in four seasons under Herman.
• A Texas Ex and former University of Texas graduate assistant, Herman was named Texas' 30th head football coach  on November 26, 2016. He succeeded Charlie Strong. 
• Herman is in his fourth season at UT.
• Through his first three seasons, Herman led the Longhorns to 25 wins, the third-most by a head coach in his first three seasons at UT. Herman’s three-year 25-15 record  was a nine-win improvement on Texas’ record from the three years prior to his arrival (16-21) in Austin. That ranks as the second-best improvement by a Longhorn head coach during his first three seasons in charge (12 wins, Darrell Royal - 1957-59).
• In Herman's first season at Texas, the Longhorns went 7-6. They tied for fourth in the Big 12 with a 5-4 record. The beat Missouri, 33-16, in the Texas Bowl.
• In Herman's second season, Texas went 10-4. The 'Horns placed second in the Big 12 with a 7-2 record. UT won the Sugar Bowl, 28-21, over No 6 Georgia, to finished ranked ninth in the country.
• In his third year, Herman led Texas to an 8-5 record. The Longhorns tied for third place in the Big 12 with a 5-4 conference record. Texas won the Alamo Bowl, 38-10, over No. 11 Utah, and finished ranked 25th in the country.
  
• Herman came to Texas after compiling a 22-4 record in two seasons at Houston, the fourth-best record in the FBS in that span.
• Prior to his arrival at Houston, Herman helped develop record-setting and explosive offenses in each of his 10 seasons as an offensive coordinator, including three seasons as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Ohio State, where he won the 2014 Broyles Award as the nation’s top assistant coach. He helped the Buckeyes win the 2015 College Football Championship (following the 2014 season) with wins over Alabama and Oregon, and a Big Ten Championship with a win over Wisconsin.
• At the request of the Jamail family, Joe Jamail Field has been renamed in honor of Longhorn Legends and Heisman Trophy winners Earl Campbell (1974-77) and Ricky Williams (1995-98). The field at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium was originally named after Joe Jamail in 1997 to honor the lifelong Longhorn's immense contributions to The University of Texas' athletic department.
• Campbell, the famed "Tyler Rose," holds a special place in The University of Texas and state of Texas' football history. As a senior at UT in 1977, Campbell became the first Longhorn to win the Heisman Trophy after he rushed for 1,744 yards – a Southwest Conference record that stood for 16 years – and 19 touchdowns. He led the nation in rushing and scoring, and posted a pair of 200-yard games on the road against Texas A&M (222 yards) and SMU (213 yards). Campbell also set a Texas record for 100-yard rushing games that season (10).
• Williams, a San Diego native, completed his UT career with 21 NCAA and 46 school records under his name en route to becoming Texas' second Heisman Trophy winner in 1998. He was a three-time first-team all-conference pick, a two-time Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and only the second player to twice win the Doak Walker Award (nation's top running back). Williams' career culminated in his final home game, on the field now named in his honor, when he surpassed Tony Dorsett's 22-year-old NCAA rushing record.
• Texas is 9-4 in non-conference games, including bowl games, under Herman. That includes a 5-2 mark at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
• The Longhorns have held six of their last seven opponents under 25 points. That is UT's best stretch since a six-game run that covered the end of the 2010 season and the beginning of the 2011 campaign.
• Texas is 11-2 at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium since the start of the 2018 season and 14-5 overall during Herman's tenure as head coach.
• The Longhorns are 11-6 in one-possession games (decided by eight points or less) since the start of 2018.
• UT has won 22 of the 23 games it has outgained its opponent under Herman.
• The Longhorns are 22-2 under Herman when outrushing their opponents, and have won 16 of the last 18 instances.
• Texas' defense has forced at least one turnover in 34 of 42 games under Herman, including in 17 of its last 20 contests.
• UT is 25-3 when leading at halftime since the start of the 2017 season.
• The Longhorns have won 15 of 16 games when holding their opponents under 20 points during Herman's tenure.
• Herman's Texas teams are 10-0 when forcing at least three turnovers and are 20-6 when turning the ball over fewer than three times.
• The Longhorns are 14-5 at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium in four years under Herman. That includes an 9-3 record against the Big 12, and a 3-2 mark against ranked opponents.
• Texas is 11-2 at home over the past three seasons, including a 7-1 record versus the Big 12. UT was 10-8 in home games in the three years prior to Herman's arrival, including a 6-6 record against Big 12 opponents.
• In five games at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium last season, the Longhorns averaged 39.2 points per game and racked up 2,597 yards of total offense (519.4 pg). UT was 4-1 on its home turf in 2019, falling only seven points in a shootout against the eventual national champions, LSU.
• Texas' 10 wins in Austin across the 2018-19 seasons mark the first time the Longhorns have won at least 10 home games in a two-year stretch since 2008-09.
• The Longhorns had lost three-straight home games and five of their last seven at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium before Herman arrived for the 2017 season. That stretch included a 2-5 record in Big 12 contests.
  
• UT is located in Austin, Texas, which is within Travis County. The county has confirmed nearly 30,000 coronavirus cases and almost 500 virus-related deaths during the pandemic.   
• Because of the pandemic, Texas is limiting the number of fans allowed into DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium, which normally holds nearly 101,000 for football games. Attendance at the UT's season-opener against UTEP was just under 16,000.

2020 TCU Football Fact Book:  here

2020 TCU Football Roster: here

2020 TCU Football Schedule: here

Gary Patterson's “Take A Step Back” Song Video: here

Gary Patterson's "Game On" Song Video: here

2020 TCU Winter/Spring Sports Preview Guide: here

TCU Booster Information for the 2020-2021 Academic Year: here

TCU "End Racism" Mural Video: here 

TCU Beacons Video: here

TCU Football Facilities Tour: here

TCU 2019-20 Athletics Annual Report: here 

Texas head coach Tom Herman talks about TCU: here

2020 Texas Football Guide: here

2020 Texas Football Coaching Staff: here

2020 Texas Football Roster: here

2020 Texas Football Schedule: here

Texas Football Fan Guide: here  

Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium at Cambell-Williams Field: here

2020 Texas Football Safety Measures: here

Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Clear Bag Policy: here

2020 Texas Football Safety Measures: here  

ESPN College GameDay location on October 3, 2020: ESPN GameDay will be in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, October 3, for the SEC clash between No. 4 Georgia (1-0) and No. 7 Auburn (1-0). The game kicks off at 6:30 pm (Central). The game will be broadcast by ESPN. 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.

2020 Game 3 for TCU: TCU will host the Kansas State Wildcats at 3 pm (Central), on Saturday, October 10, in Amon G. Carter Stadium, in Fort Worth, Texas. FOX will broadcast the game.