TCU football may not have had the most glamorous home schedule in 2017. The Horned Frogs only played host to one ranked opponent all season — an early October showdown with No. 23 West Virginia. Entering the season, it appeared far from being the most compelling matchup of the day, with Alabama-Texas A&M, Florida State-Miami, and LSU-Florida also slated for Oct. 7.
But of course, college football has a nasty habit of being ever-so unpredictable. One wild Saturday afternoon, and the entire trajectory of the season can be re-routed. From preseason No. 3 Florida State having its entire 2017 campaign derailed with a season-ending injury to quarterback Deondre Francois less than 60 minutes into the season, to LSU inexplicably falling to Troy in Death Valley, a few doses of early-season chaos all came together to benefit the Horned Frogs come Week 6.