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@RxCowboy ’s question, the last time OSU only completed nine passes and won the game was 2009 against Texas Tech. The dreaded Zac Robinson injury game.
TCU’s defense is designed to take away the middle of the field. That’s why there weren’t more passes into the short/intermediate center part of the field.
We saw a few more deep balls because without Wallace playing, Patterson elected to play his safeties more aggressively instead of dropping them back like most defenses have against Wallace.
The coaching staff did a great job both offensively and defensively. Offensively, they attacked the edges with Sanders’s run game early and that paid dividends later on Chuba’s runs where defenders had to respect Sanders.
On defense, we hit them early, they adjusted and hit us back. We then adjusted to that and they had no answer. Seven total points allowed in the second half when it mattered and we weren’t just trying to kill clock.