These Frogs have heart

Here’s hoping you had a great Labor Day Weekend and enjoyed the cooler temperatures. That early-morning coolness kinda feels like football weather doesn’t it?

Takeaways from last Friday’s Baylor game:

• This TCU team has heart. Young, though it may be, it showed the mental toughness and resilience of a veteran team. No panic spotted from my vantage point.
• Coming from 24 points down to retake the lead is no small feat.
• Several Frogs showed the leadership skills that Gary Patterson has been looking for. In fact, last Friday’s wild-and-crazy game was the perfect crucible for a young team trying to find its identity.
• QB Casey Pachall’s presence in the fourth quarter was undeniable as he engineered the comeback with great reads and pinpoint passing.
• TCU’s offensive line — a worrisome lot in the preseason — performed very well and gave Pachall & Company the time and opportunities it needed.
• TCU’s kickoff return and punt return teams were stellar.
• TCU’s defense made some great plays late in the game when they needed to, including holding Baylor to a field goal with the game on the line.
• Baylor’s QB Robert Griffin III (with lots of offensive weapons around him) will have even bigger games this year in the Big 12 — you watch.
• Baylor will win a lot of games.
  

And now, here comes Air Force and MWC play this Saturday. So no time to fret.

No doubt, a season-opening loss is not what TCU is about. But I promise you, later in the season, coaches, players, fans and so-called “experts” will look at the Baylor game and say that it was an beneficial outing that helped these young Frogs grow up in a hurry.

Kick 'em high!