Ground and Pound: Previewing the 2019 TCU Running Backs

Melissa Triebwasser TCU Football vs Ohio State | September 15, 2018Think about the TCU offense in recent years.

A spread passing game, right? Driven by, and dependent on, above-average quarterback play with some elite wide receivers like Josh Doctson and Jalen Reagor passing through the program? Perfectly at home in the pass-wacky Big 12?

As with most spread teams not named Texas Tech, the truth is that TCU is much more balanced than you might think. Last year, the Frogs ran the ball 53.58 percent of the time, which was the 66th highest rate among 130 FBS teams — in other words, right down the middle. TCU was fourth in the Big 12 in run play percentage. And that number was an increase from…