Kicking the Tires: TCU

It wasn’t quite the drubbing we look forward to every year, but K-State took care of KU without difficulty last week. And did it while playing second- and third-string quarterbacks the entire second half.

The triumph was K-State’s seventh on the season. Picked to finish eighth in the preseason poll, the Wildcats will finish no worse than tied for fourth. Beat TCU Saturday and K-State could finish tied for third, although the odds are low that West Virginia loses at home to Baylor.

So about that opponent. TCU was picked to finish second in the preseason poll, but the defense has struggled, Kenny Hill is an inadequate replacement for Trevone Boykin, and there’s no Aaron Green or Kolby Listenbee…