With 10 seconds left before halftime and the ball near midfield, TCU opted to hand off to Kenedy Snell.
Head coach Gary Patterson knew the Amon G. Carter Stadium crowd didn’t like the call with the Horned Frogs trailing SMU 22-21.
“We got booed because we ran the ball on the first play,” Patterson said Saturday after the game.
But it was part of the plan. From their 44-yard line thanks to a 25-yard kickoff return by KaVontae Turpin and an offsides penalty against SMU, the Frogs were close enough to try for points. They had time for perhaps two plays.