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2016 SEASON[/size]
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Final Record: 9-4 (6-3)
Final Ranking: #22 Coaches; #23 Media; #21 BCS
Big 12 Second Place Place
Cotton Bowl Winners[/size]
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SCHEDULE
[table="head;width=45em"]Week|Opponent|Opp Record|Result
1|#25 SMU|9-4|L 7-40
2|@ Houston|7-6|W 24-6
3|Texas Tech|4-8|L 21-24
4|Oklahoma State|5-7|W 38-28
5|@ Kansas|4-8|W 35-28
6||BYE||
7|@ Kansas State|5-7|W 24-17
8|@ Iowa State|5-7|W 22-10
9|Baylor|5-7|W 24-17
10|@ Tulsa|8-5|W 31-10
11||BYE||
12|Texas|7-6|L 31-36
13|#12 Oklahoma|11-2|L 14-27
14||BYE||
15|@ West Virginia|8-5|W 35-30
B|Mississippi State|8-5|W 34-17
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[size=-2]TCU was an opportunity I couldn't pass up. I was sick of losing games, because of the defense. TCU had a great defense, so I had to take the job. TCU was a little down when I got there (3* prestige), but they had a ton of talent (95 OVR). We were able to be successful on offense, because of the Offensive Line. The OL had four seniors starting, the entire line had an average overall of 90.4, including three players rated over 90. Our offense was a two-back system led by Marlin Dodds and Aaron Brooks. Dodds was more of a power guy, while Brooks was more of a speed guy, but they could play to both styles. I went with the hot hand or played whoever wasn't fatigued. We also had a pretty good passing game. I had a great WR in John Anderson (94 OVR) along with some other solid guys to have a deadly passing attack. QB Tremayne Johnson didn't have eye-popping stats, but he could make just about every throw. The Texas game was bullshit. We took a 31-30 lead with 30 seconds left, and the defense blows it by giving up a 95 yard TD pass. We benefited greatly from an easy schedule. In Week 13 there wasn't even a ranked team in the Big 12. Only Oklahoma and us ended up ranked at the end of the season. We finished the season with an impressive win over Mississippi State in the Cotton Bowl, which was essentially a bonus home game for us.[/size]
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PASSING
[table="head;width=45em"]|Class|Name|Rating|Comp|Att|Yards|TD|INT|Comp %|Sack
|SR (RS)|Tremayne Johnson|129.1|193|351|2891|18|21|54|27
|SO (RS)|Shawn Beach|136.1|10|16|94|2|0|55|1[/table]
[size=-2]Tremayne Johnson was a very good QB for us. The majority of his interceptions were on deep balls, so it's not as bad as it looks. When we needed to pass the ball we could rely on him to make all the throws. The one thing he couldn't do was run (59 SPD), so it was tough to evade pressure, and I couldn't run any option. Beach will be a good QB for TCU next year.[/size]
RUSHING
[table="head;width=45em"]Class|Name|Att|Yards|Avg|TD|Fumbles
JR (RS)|Marlin Dodds|215|1229|5.7|10|0
SO (RS)|Aaron Brooks|104|620|7.4|11|0
FR|Kyle Ham|17|191|5.3|2|0[/table]
[size=-2]The focus of this team was in the running game, and the stats showed it. The combination of Dodds and Brooks was hard to stop. As I mentioned earlier, Dodds was more of the power guy, adn Brooks was the speed guy, but they both have have the skill sets to be complete backs. Both of them made 2nd-Team All Big 12. If Dodds decides to go to the draft I'll let him go. I'll try to bring back Brooks if he goes. Ham was our FB who we used on short yardage situations.[/size]
RECEIVING
[table="head;width=45em"]Class|Name|Rec|Yards|Avg|TD|Drops
SR (RS)|John Anderson|56|980|17.5|4|5
SO (RS)|Michael Taylor|37|545|14.7|4|3
SR|Brandon Warren|32|399|12.2|2|3
FR (RS)|Matt Williams|23|318|13.8|2|2
JR (RS)|A.J. Williams|22|319|14.5|3|2
JR (RS)|Marlin Dodds|10|96|9.6|1|3
SO (RS)|Aaron Brooks|9|87|9.6|1|1
FR (RS)|Brandon Jacobs|8|182|22.7|2|2
FR|Kyle Ham|6|59|9.8|1|2[/table]
[size=-2]I was really glad we had John Anderson, because John Anderson's just don't grow on trees. He could do anything you asked a WR to do. If we passed the ball more he would of been a Biletnikoff finalist. Taylor was a very good number two option. Not too confident in his ability as a one. Warren was our very reliable TE who worked the middle very well. AJ was our third receiver. The other Williams was our 4th WR and 2nd TE.[/size]
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AWARDS
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RG Chuck Pino: 1st Team All-B12
RB Marlin Dodds: 2nd Team All-B12
RB Aaron Brooks: 2nd Team All-B12[/size]
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COACH IMMORTAL
[table="head;width=45em"]Year|Position|Team|Record|Bowl|Champ
2011|OC|UNLV|1-11 (?-?)|None|None
2012|OC|Utah State|6-7 (?-?)|L Poinsettia Bowl|None
2013|OC|Virginia|3-9 (3-6)|None|None
2014|OC|Oregon State|4-8 (1-8)|None|None
2015|OC|Purdue|4-8 (1-7)|None|None
2016|OC|TCU|9-4 (6-3)|W Cotton Bowl 34-17|None
TOTAL|
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27-47 (14-24)|
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AROUND THE NATION
RB John Walker (Stanford) won the Heisman. (238 Att, 1437 yards, 24 TD)
#5 Georgia Tech beats Kentucky in the Chic-fil-A Bowl, 45-21.
#13 LSU beats Wisconsin in the Outback Bowl, 26-7.
#4 Nebraska beats #10 Arkansas in the Capital One Bowl, 31-26.
Texas beats Colorado in the Alamo Bowl, 31-24.
#22 TCU beats Mississippi State in the Cotton Bowl, 34-17.
#2 Alabama beats #18 Stanford in the Rose Bowl, 28-21.
#3 Virginia Tech beats #7 Nevada in the Sugar Bowl, 41-28.
SMU beats Maryland in the Orange Bowl, 38-28.
#14 Oklahoma beats #12 BYU in the Fiesta Bowl, 52-21.
#1 Florida beats #6 Ohio State in the NCG, 28-21.
Final Top 25:
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LOOKING FORWARD
Vic Shealy (TCU HC) got fired and I got offered the job. The only other real offer I got was the HC job at Michigan State. I didn't have any interest in that job, so I took the promotion to become the new HC of TCU. We are losing 8 starters on offense and 7 on defense, so I got a lot of work to do.
