FORT WORTH -- Only a week ago, Iowa State was officially the Cinderella of college football; TCU's College Football Playoff hopes seemed in jeopardy; and Kevin Spacey still had a viable acting career. As Ferris Bueller once counseled, life moves pretty fast. Better make sure the batteries are good in the remote.
Consider that, in a single Saturday, the Big Ten practically knocked itself out of the CFP running and No. 8 TCU beat Texas 24-7 before 48,042 at Amon Carter Stadium, setting up the Big 12 game of the year this week in Norman.
Beat Oklahoma, and the Horned Frogs may just find themselves on the doorstep of the playoffs.