His team unranked in both the Associated Press and coaches polls, TCU coach Gary Patterson might as well be writing thank-you notes.
“It makes my job a lot easier when people say that we’re not worth a darn,” he told reporters Thursday after practice. “Then I don’t have to tell them that.”
The Horned Frogs will start the season Sept. 2 against Jackson State outside of the AP and USA Today Coaches rankings. It’s just the third time in 13 years they are not in the AP Top 25 to start the season.