It wasn't pretty, and it wasn't easy, but TCU's three-point win at Texas Tech on Saturday moved the Horned Frogs to 4-0 and kept them hanging onto their hopes of making the College Football Playoff by a thread.
Trailing 52-48 with three minutes left to play, Trevone Boykin marched the offense on a clock-draining drive to the Texas Tech 4-yard line. But 2nd-and-goal from the 4 became 3rd-and-goal from the 4, and then 3rd-and-goal from the 4 became 4th-and-goal from the 4.
The Horned Frogs needed a touchdown and had just one play to get it. Their season had been distilled to a do-or-die moment.