By Tom C. "Midnite" Burke
The descent of the TCU football program into the depths of mediocrity has accelerated, within a college football environment where mediocrity can have dire consequences.
The latest debacle came on Saturday, November 15, in Provo, Utah. The Frogs were clawed and devoured by the 12th-ranked BYU Cougars, 44-13, before an announced crowd of 64,447 in LaVell Edwards Stadium and an ESPN nationwide television audience.
Midnite Madness had predicted a 24-17 BYU victory
The game was even more lopsided than the final score indicated.
From the opening kickoff, TCU was not competitive,
offensively, defensively or from a coaching standpoint. The Horned Frogs looked
like a lower-tier team that BYU had invited into Provo to pad its record.
Tom C. "Midnite" Burke
Frankly, against the Cougars, TCU looked like a team that wouldn't have beaten the Little Sisters of the Poor.
By trouncing the Horned Frogs, the Cougars improved to 9-1 overall, 6-1 in the Big 12. BYU kept alive its possibilities of appearing in the Big 12 Championship Game and the College Football Playoff.
TCU dropped to 6-4 overall, 3-4 in the Big 12 Conference.
How far has TCU fallen?
The Frogs are bowl-eligible, but if their descent continues through the final two regular-season games of the season, they could be relegated to a bottom-of-the-barrel bowl.
One bowl projection has TCU playing in the Armed Forces Bowl, in Amon G. Carter Stadium, in Fort Worth, Texas, on January 2, 2026.
There’s nothing like playing in a bowl game in your home city, especially if you happen to be the visiting team!
This will be TCU’s second consecutive bowl appearance, but the third consecutive season the Horned Frogs will not be in the Big 12 Championship Game.
The Frogs also will not finish in the Top 25 for the third straight year, during which it has been a ranked program for two weeks.
Over the past three seasons, since appearing in the 2023 National Championship Game after the 2022 season, and with two regular-season games remaining in this season, TCU is 20-15 overall, 12-13 in the Big 12 and 7-9 in road games.
BYU was TCU's first ranked opponent since the Horned Frogs lost to No. 14 Oklahoma, 69-45, in the final game of the 2023 season, for which TCU finished 5-7.
This was the 13th meeting between TCU and BYU. The Frogs had won five consecutive games against the Cougars, dating back to 2008. TCU is 7-6 overall against BYU, 2-4 in Provo. This was TCU’s first game in Provo since 2009.
This was the first game between the two teams since the 2023 season, when the Frogs dominated the Cougars in a 44-11 win in Fort Worth.
Times certainly have changed!
Frogs Traveling to Houston
TCU’s next game is a Big 12 Conference game against another ranked group of Cougars, the University of Houston, on Saturday, November 22, in TDECU Stadium, in Houston Texas. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 pm (Central). FOX will broadcast the game.
Houston (8-2, 5-2 in the Big 12) is ranked 25th in the latest Associated Press top 25 poll and 24th in the latest Coaches top 25 poll.
This will be the Frogs' final road game of the 2025 regular-season. They are 2-3 in road games.
Houston is a 2.5-point favorite. The over-under for total points scored in the game is 54.5 points.
Midnite Madness prediction: Houston 31, TCU 24.
TCU Listless in Defeat
Instead of playing with passion and a sense of urgency against BYU and seeking a signature upset win, the Horned Frogs looked detached and, early in the game, resigned to losing, falling behind 17-0 as BYU scored on its first three possessions.
BYU's points on its opening drive were the first opening-drive-points TCU has allowed since the season-opener at North Carolina
Meanwhile, TCU failed to score in the first quarter of a game for the fifth time in its past six games.
Essentially, the game was over at that point.
But BYU also scored on its next four possessions, to take a 27-10 lead into halftime and a 30-13 lead into the fourth quarter.
The Cougars scored on seven-of-nine possessions. They punted once, early in the fourth quarter, and later that quarter turned the football over on a fumble.
BYU’s final score came when Tanner Wall returned an interception 68 yards for a touchdown late in the game.
The 44-13 score represents the third-largest margin of defeat in the TCU head coaching era of Sonny Dykes, behind the 2023 National Championship Game loss (65-7) to Georgia and a 41-3 loss at Kansas State in 2023.
BYU gained 447 yards against TCU's defense. The Cougars had 296 yards through the air and 151 yards on the ground.
True freshman quarterback Bear Bachmeier, a transfer from Stanford, led BYU’s offense like a seasoned pro, dramatically outplaying TCU junior quarterback Josh Hoover.
Bachmeier completed 22-of-33 passes. He threw one touchdown pass. He rushed for 59 yards, including running 17 yards untouched through the TCU defense for BYU’s second touchdown and third consecutive score of the game.
For his performance against the Horned Frogs, Bachmeier was named the Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Week with Arizona State quarterback Jeff Sims.
Bachmeier is one of three Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) quarterbacks to rush and throw for a touchdown in seven games this season.
BYU kicker Will Ferrin was named the Big 12 Co-Special Teams Player of the Week with Arizona State kicker Jesus Gomez.
Ferrin accounted for 14 points in the Cougars’ win. He made field goals of 29, 35 and 52 yards and converted five extra points, to extend his BYU record of consecutive-made extra points to 110.
Ferrin ranks in the top 10 of FBS with four made field goals from 50 or more yards.
TCU’s offense accounted for only 298 total yards. The Frogs had 183 yards through the air, their fewest in a game since 2023. TCU gained 115 yards on the ground.
BYU’s defensive effort against the Horned Frogs earned the Cougars the Big 12 Defensive Line of the Week award.
BYU defenders registered three sacks and five tackles for a loss. TCU had allowed only 13 sacks through its nine prior games.
TCU’s Dykes Praises BYU
“I thought BYU played really well. They were motivated,” said Dykes, appearing fatigued and emotionally drained. “They just made plays. Their quarterback played exceptionally well. Took care of the ball. Didn’t turn the ball over. You gotta give them a lot of credit. That’s a good football team, a veteran, physical team and played at a high level.
“We just didn’t have a good night. We will rebound”
Dykes Confident, Despite Setbacks
When Dykes was asked during his interview session after the BYU drubbing about what he would say to the TCU fan base that might seem to think the program isn’t trending in the right direction, Dykes replied, “People can say what they want to say.”
Dykes followed up on that curt answer during his Houston pregame interview session a couple of days later.
“When I was asked that question about the program, I answered without much thought. I was pretty upset about our performance and the way we competed,” explained Dykes. “I’ve had an opportunity to think about that now.
“Look, I think, our expectation is to always win every game we play. Okay? And that’s clearly pretty hard to do. But that’s the expectation, and when we came here, we started 12-0, and I think that raised everybody’s expectations. Certainly raised mine. I think it raised our players’. I think it raised our fan-based expectations.
“There have been some monumental changes in college football since then. The game has changed, a lot. It’s a lot different. We’re navigating some uncharted territory. But it doesn’t change our expectations, that are to win every game. And if we don’t, we are going to do whatever it takes to get better, whether that’s scheme, whether that’s personnel, whether that’s strength and conditioning, whether that’s nutrition, recovery, all the things, the people we have in the building, everything is always being evaluated. Our focus is to get back to where we can have that type of football team again.
“We are in a league right now that is highly competitive, from top to bottom. It’s a lot different version of the Big 12 than it used to be, just in terms of everybody’s fully committed to football. Everybody knows how important it is to their program. There are some teams that have made some substantial monetary commitments. I think we’re one of them that understands how important it is to this university to play football and win at a very high level.
“So, our job is to do the very best job we can, put our players in the very best situation and go out there and perform at a high level and find ways to win football games, and we’ve fallen short a couple of times this year, and that’s never okay. It is never okay for us not to play up to our potential as a program, and really, play above our head, and we’ve done it before. We did it in 2022. We’ve proven we can do it. Now our job is to go out and do it again.
“Every year is a whole new season unto itself. This game is much different that way than it used to be. You look at the parity across the game right now, it is unprecedented. It’s different. It’s unique. It’s our job to find our place in college football and find a way to win football games and compete for championships, because that’s my expectations and I think it’s the expectations of my boss and his boss. To put a product on the football field that everybody can feel good about, be proud of.
“I can assure you that is our goal every day, to field a team that is going to win every game, and that is difficult to do, but that is our goal. And we don’t ever stop that being out goal. I can assure you that what’s happening in our program right now is figuring out what we can do better
“So, that’s my answer to that question, not the one I gave at 1 am and not after getting my tail kicked.
“I don’t see this as a dire situation at all. I have a ton of confidence in this program. I see it as a situation that we’re not happy about it, but I know what this program is, I know what it’s going to be, I know what it can be, so I’m fully confident we’re going to figure that part of it out.”
BYU ‘s Sitake Praises Players
“We put it together in all three phases against TCU,” said Sitake. “Good game plans in all three phases. It worked out nicely. It was nice to be in control of this game. Around this time of the year, you’ve got to be ready to play and I’m glad we were. That’s my job. Really proud of the guys overall.”
Big 12 Football Games
Here are results of other recent football games involving Big 12 teams:
- Arizona 30 (7-3, 4-3) at Cincinnati 24 (7-3, 5-2)
- Utah 55 (8-2, 5-2) at Baylor 28 (5-5, 3-4)
- Kansas State 14 (5-5, 4-3) at Oklahoma State 6 (1-9, 0-7)
- UCF 9 (4-6, 1-6) at Texas Tech 48 (10-1, 7-1)
- West Virginia 23 (4-7, 2-6) at 25 Arizona State (7-3, 5-2)
- Kansas (bye) (5-5, 3-4)
- Iowa State (bye) (6-4, 3-4)
- Colorado (bye) (3-7, 1-6)
- Houston (bye) (8-2, 5-2)
Texas Tech leads the Big 12, with a conference record of 7-1.
BYU is in second place, with a conference record of 6-1.
Tied for third place with 5-2 conference records are Houston, Utah, Arizona State and Cincinnati.
Arizona and Kansas State are 4-3.
Iowa State, TCU, Baylor and Kansas are 3-4.
In the third College Football Playoff ranking that was released on Tuesday, November 18, Texas Tech is sixth, BYU 12th, Utah 13th and Cincinnati 25th.
In the new Coaches Football Bowl Subdivision top 25 poll, Texas Tech is seventh, BYU 11th, Utah 14th and Houston 24th. Arizona is 31st, and Arizona State 34th.
TCU is not included in the poll.
In the new Associated Press (AP) top 25 poll, Texas Tech is sixth, BYU 11th, Utah 13th and Houston 25th. Arizona State is 29th and Arizona is 35th.
TCU is not included in the poll.
In the new ranking of all 136 college football teams by The Athletic, the Frogs are 47th, down from 40th in the previous week’s ranking.
In the new ranking of all 136 college football teams by USA Today, TCU is 45th, down from 35th in the previous week’s ranking.
College Athletics News
Other recent college athletics news:
- Johnson Lagat will be the first TCU men’s cross country runner to represent the Frogs at an NCAA Championship Meet since 2010. The meeting will be held on Saturday, November 22, at the University of Missouri’s Gans Creek Cross Country Course. Lagat is one of four individual runners invited to the meet from the NCAA’s South Central Region.
- Former Penn State head football coach James Franklin has been hired as the new head football coach at Virginia Tech. He will replace Brent Pry, who was Franklin’s defensive coordinator for over a decade when both were at Vanderbilt and Penn State. Pry went 16-24 with Virginia Tech before being fired on September 14.
- There is yet another mess brewing at Baylor University. College Football Playoff (CFP) committee chairman Mack Rhoades is stepping down from the position and taking a leave of absence from his role as Baylor athletic director, pending an investigation of him by the university. Arkansas athletic director Hunter Yurachek is the new CFP committee chair. Utah athletic director Mark Harlan replaces Rhoades on the committee.Jovan Overshown and Cody Hall are Baylor's co-interim athletic directors. Overshown is the school's deputy athletic director and chief operating officer, and Hall is Baylor's executive senior associate athletic director for internal administration and chief financial officer.
- The NCAA has placed Michigan State football on three years of probation for violations that occurred during Mel Tucker's tenure as head coach. The violations concerned the participation of three ineligible players. The Spartans will vacate all 14 wins from the past three seasons, including all five wins last season during Jonathan Smith's first year as head coach. Michigan State also will be penalized $30,000 plus 1.5 percent of the football program's budget. The Spartans also face restrictions on official and unofficial visits, recruiting communications, recruiting person days, and off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations over the probationary period.
- The Pac-12 Conference has announced USA Sports as its media partner, beginning next year. The conference, which lost all but two of its members in the last realignment of conferences, will be back to nine teams for 2026-27. The reworked conference will consist of Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Gonzaga, Oregon State, San Diego State, Texas State, Utah State and Washington State. The Pac-12 deal is the first media rights partnership for the new USA Sports entity.
- Less than 18 months into her tenure, Washington State athletic director Anne McCoy has been fired. McCoy, who has worked at Washington State since 2001, served as athletic director on an interim basis until she was promoted in the spring of 202.
- Texas A&M and head football coach Mike Elko have agreed to a new contract, which is for an additional six years at an average salary of $11.5 million annually which will make him one of college football’s top-10 highest-paid coaches. Elko came to A&M in 2023 on a six-year deal that included a base salary of $7 million annually. At 10-0 overall and 7-0 in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), A&M is having its best football season in over 30 years and is on course to reach the College Football Playoff for the first time in program history. A&M remained undefeated on Saturday, November 15, thanks to a dramatic 27-point comeback in a 31-30 victory over South Carolina. It was the biggest comeback in Texas A&M football history. Teams trailing in SEC games by 27 or more points had been 0-286 since 2004.The largest comeback-victory in FBS history is Michigan State’s 35-point comeback win (41-38) against Northwestern in 2006.
TCU’s Offense Limited by BYU
About the only good thing that can be said about TCU’s offense against the BYU defense is that TCU scored for the 417th consecutive game, the second-longest streak in NCAA history.
The Horned Frogs’ offense accounted for only 298 total yards against BYU. The Frogs had 183 yards through the air, their fewest in a game since 2023. TCU gained 115 yards on the ground.
Against TCU’s vanilla, finesse offense, BYU registered four sacks and five tackles-for-loss. TCU had allowed only 13 sacks through its nine prior games.
BYU’s defensive effort against the Horned Frogs earned the Cougars the Big 12 Defensive Line of the Week award.
The exemplary play of BYU’s freshman quarterback Bear Bachmeier must have mesmerized Hoover. The Frogs’ quarterback seemed distracted and had his worst game of the season.
Hoover completed 10 passes, out of 23 attempts, for 183 yards. He threw another two interceptions. His second interception was returned 68 yards for a touchdown late in the game.
Hoover was sacked four times, as his limited mobility again was on display.
Hoover has thrown 10 interceptions this season. This was his fourth two-interception game of the season, all of which the Frogs lost.
Hoover’s frustrations on the field also appeared on the TCU sideline. At one point during the game, Hoover exchanged words with senior wide receiver Eric McAlister.
McAlister, who has been named a semifinalist for the Fred Biletnikoff Award, which is given to college football’s top receiver, caught four passes for 107 yards. It was his fifth game of the season in which he has had 100 or more receiving yards, highlighted by his 254 receiving yards in TCU’s 35-24 win over SMU in the third game of the season.
TCU’s leading rushers were sophomore running back Jeremy Payne and true freshman running back Jon Denman, who had 55 and 45 net rushing yards, respectively. Denman scored the Frogs’ lone touchdown, on a 13-yard run in the second quarter.
Kevorian Barnes, TCU’s leading rusher this season, did not play against BYU because of an injury.
“Offensively, we moved the ball at times,” said Dykes. “Against a team like BYU that is playing at this caliber you’ve got to score touchdowns. We had to kick two field goals. That created some separation early in the game. We had to play catch-up and that played right into their hands. When you have opportunities to score, you have to score touchdowns, particularly on the road. We’ve just got to execute better. That’s the bottom line.”
TCU’s Defense Shredded by BYU
BYU’s creative, power offense dominated TCU’s defense. The Cougars’ offense did anything and everything it wanted, with little to no resistance.
BYU's points on its opening drive were the first opening-drive-points TCU’s defense has allowed since the season-opener at North Carolina
“We had a hard time getting off the field defensively,” said Dykes. “We’ve been playing really good defense. We struggled tonight. Had a hard time getting them stopped and getting off the field.”
The highly poised and polished Bachmeier completed 22 passes against a loose TCU secondary. He threw one touchdown pass and ran untouched by several TCU defenders for a touchdown.
Bachmeier’s performance earned him the Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Week award.
TCU’s defense recorded five tackles-for-loss, but no sacks.
TCU junior safety Jamel Johnson led the Frogs’ defense with nine tackles.
Senior linebacker Kaleb Elarms-Orr and sophomore cornerback Vernon Glover had seven tackles each.
Additional TCU-BYU Game Insight
- Game box score: here
- Game highlights: here
- TCU post-game press conference: here
- BYU post-game press conference: here
On the Road to Houston
TCU’s next game is a Big 12 Conference game against another group of Cougars, the University of Houston, on Saturday, November 22, in TDECU Stadium, in Houston Texas. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 pm (Central). FOX will broadcast the game.
This will be the 28th game between the Horned Frogs and the Cougars. Houston leads the series, 14 to 13. Against the Cougars, TCU is 6-7 at home, 6-7 on road and 1-0 in a neutral site (a 20-13 TCU win in the 2007 Texas Bowl).
In 2024, Houston defeated TCU, 30-19, in Fort Worth, on October 4, when TCU was 3-3 and Houston was 1-4. TCU had won the last nine meetings with Houston. Previously, the Cougars' last victory in the series was a 49-46 win in Houston in 1992.
The first game in the series was a 49-21 Cougars win in Houston in 1976, their first year in the Southwest Conference.
Dykes is 4-3 as a head coach against Houston. He is 1-1 at TCU. He went 2-1 against Houston when he was at SMU and 1-1 against the Cougars during his time at Louisiana Tech.
The Horned Frogs and Cougars are in the same conference for the third time. TCU and Houston previously were together in the Southwest Conference (1976-95) and Conference USA (2001-04).
Houston’s Record
Houston is 8-2 overall, 5-2 in the Big 12. The Cougars will go into their game against the Horned Frogs coming off a bye week.
Houston began their season by winning seven of their first eight games. Here are the results of the Cougars’ games:
- Defeated Stephen F. Austin, 27-0, at home, on August 28
- Defeated Rice, 35-9, away, on September 6
- Defeated Colorado, 36-20, at home, on September 12
- Defeated Oregon State, 27-24 (OT), away, on September 26
- Lost to Texas Tech, 35-11, at home, on October 4
- Defeated Oklahoma State, 39-17, away, on October 11
- Defeated Arizona, 31-28, at home, on October 18
- Defeated Arizona State, 24-16, away, on October 25
- Lost to West Virginia, 45-35, at home, on November 1
- Defeated UCF, 30-27, away, on November 7
Head Coach in Second Year
Houston’s head football coach is Willie Fritz, who was named the 16th head coach in University of Houston football history on December 3, 2023. This season is his second with the Cougars and 33rd overall.
Prior to Houston, Fritz was head coach at Tulane from 2016 to 2023. He led the Green Wave to consecutive American Athletic Conference Championship games in 2022-23.
Fritz ranks third nationally among active FBS head coaches with 213 victories.
Four members of the TCU coaching staff have ties to Houston.
Associate head coach/offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Kendal Briles is a 2005 graduate of Houston. In 2018, he was Houston’s associate head coach/offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach.
Also, on the Houston staff in 2018 as an offensive analyst, was TCU assistant head coach/outside receivers coach Malcolm Kelly. He was a graduate assistant for the Cougars in 2017.
Co-offensive coordinator/offensive line coach A.J. Ricker was an offensive analyst on the Houston football staff in 2016.
Assistant coach/defensive line coach Sedrick Williams completed his collegiate playing career at Houston in 2023. He was a two-year starter and three-year letterman on the defensive line for the Cougars.
Houston’s Offense
Houston’s offense is averaging
- Points per game: 29.5; ninth in the Big 12 (TCU is 12th in the Big 12, allowing 26.5 points per game)
- Total yards: 388.3 yards per game; 11th in the Big 12 (TCU is ninth in the Big 12, allowing 374.3 total yards per game)
- Rushing yards: 166.2 yards per game; eighth in the Big 12 (TCU is third in the Big 12, allowing 127.3 rushing yards per game)
- Passing yards: 222.1 yards per game; eighth in the Big 12 (TCU is 14th in the Big 12, allowing 247 passing yards per game)
The Cougars have scored 19 passing and 13 rushing touchdowns. They have thrown eight interceptions, lost 4-of-15 fumbles and given up 18 sacks.
Junior quarterback Conner Weigman (#1), who is a transfer from Texas A&M, leads Houston’s offense. He has completed 168-of-259 passes, for a 64.9 completion percentage. He has thrown 18 touchdown passes and seven interceptions. He has a long completion of 74 yards.
Weigman also is a runner. He has rushed 121 times for 409 yards. He is averaging 3.4 yards per run and 40.9 rushing yards per game. He has scored nine rushing touchdowns. He has a long run of 50 yards.
Senior tight end Tanner Koziol (#9), who is a transfer from Ball State, leads Houston’s receiving corps. He has caught 56 passes for 570 yards, for an average of 10.2 yards per catch and 57 receiving yards per game. He has scored five receiving touchdowns and has a long reception of 50 yards.
Junior wide receiver Amare Thomas (#0), who is a transfer from UAB, has caught 45 passes for 737 yards, for an average of 16.4 yards per catch and 73.7 receiving yards per game. He has caught eight touchdown passes. He has a long reception of 64 yards.
Senior running back Dean Connors (#44), who is a transfer from Rice, and senior wide receiver Stephon Johnson (#5), who is a transfer from Oklahoma State, have two receiving touchdowns each.
Junior wide receiver Harvey Broussard (#3) and sophomore running back J’Marion Burnette, each have one receiving touchdown.
Connors is Houston’s leading rusher. He has run 158 times for 725 yards, for an average of 4.6 yards per rush and 72.5 rushing yards per game. He has scored four rushing touchdowns. He has a long run of 54 yards.
Houston’s Defense
Houston’s defense is allowing:
- Points per game: 22.1; sixth in the Big 12 (TCU is seventh in the Big 12, scoring 30.7 points per game)
- Total yards: 333.1 yards per game; fifth in the Big 12 (TCU is sixth in the Big 12, with an average of 413.4 total yards per game)
- Rushing yards: 135.5 yards per game; fifth in the Big 12 (TCU is 16th in the Big 12, rushing for an average of 122 yards per game)
- Passing yards: 197.6 yards per game; seventh in the Big 12 (TCU is second in the Big 12, passing for an average of 291.4 yards per game)
Houston’s defense has allowed 15 rushing touchdowns and 10 passing touchdowns.
The Cougars have intercepted eight passes, recorded 22 sacks and recovered three of the 19 fumbles they have forced.
Senior defensive lineman Carlos Allen, Jr. (#5), who is a transfer from Kennesaw State, leads Houston’s defense with 67 tackles, including six tackles-for-loss and one sack. He also has two pass break-ups and one forced fumble.
Senior linebacker Jalen Garner (#36) has 62 tackles, including 3.5 tackles-for-loss and two sacks. He has one pass break-up, seven quarterback-hurries and two forced fumbles.
Junior defensive back Kantrell Webb (#8), who is a transfer from Tulane, has made 52 tackles, including 1.5 tackles-for-loss. He has intercepted one pass and has been credited with two quarterback-hurries and forcing one fumble.
Senior defensive lineman Eddie Walls III (#90), who is a transfer from FIU, has 42 tackles, including 8.5 tackles-for-loss and 5.5 sacks. He has been credited with five pass break-ups and seven quarterback-hurries.
Senior defensive back Wrook Brown (#24), who is a transfer from Wyoming, has 5.5 tackles-for-loss and 2.5 sacks. He has intercepted one pass and broken-up one pass.
Sophomore linebacker Corey Platt, Jr (#9), who is a transfer form Tulane, has 4.5 tackles-for-loss and 2.5 sacks. He has been credited with one pass break-up, two quarterback-hurries and one forced fumble.
Seven Cougars have intercepted passes.
Senior linebacker/defensive back Latreveon McCutchin (#10), who is a transfer from USC and Oklahoma, has intercepted two passes. He also has been credited with two pass break-ups, three quarterback-hurries and one forced fumble.
Six other Houston defensive players have one interception each.
Houston’s punter is sophomore Liam Dougherty (#91). He punted 40 times for an average of 45.05 yards per punt. He has not had a punt blocked.
Houston senior kicker Ethan Sanchez (#92), who is a transfer from Old Dominion, is a Lou Groza Award semifinalist.
Sanchez has made 19-of-22 field-goal attempts. The 19 field goals are the most in the Big 12 and fourth-most nationally.
Sanchez's 19 field goals are the most by a Cougar kicker since Dalton Witherspoon made 20 field goals in 2019 and are three away from tying the school record 22 set by Roman Anderson in 1989.
Sanchez has been clutch late in games. He has kicked three game-winning field goals either as time expired, in overtime or with under three-minutes to play.
Sanchez made the second-most field goals in program history with five field goals against Colorado, including a 52-yarder, which was the second-longest of his career and the longest by a Cougar since Dalton Witherspoon's 52-yarder in 2021.
Dykes discusses Houston: here
Fritz discusses TCU: here
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