Last season, the national champion was in the same position TCU is in now at the College World Series: 1-1.
Coastal Carolina rallied from that start and advanced to the championship series.
So did Arizona.
TCU and the three other teams in the elimination games at the College World Series this week have to look back only a year for inspiration.
It is possible to come out of the losers bracket and win it all, tough and long a road as it is.
“As a coach, you’re always looking for the positive, trying to come up with the right thing to say to the guys, keep them positive about what can happen,” TCU coach Jim Schlossnagle said.