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The goals and needs of the defense certainly played into how the offense called plays down the stretch.
5. TCU has a 68 percent conversion rate on third down. The defense has not faced more than 60 plays in either game. That’s not unrelated. Last week, Jackson State got off 56 plays. Saturday, Arkansas ran 54. That’s about a 20-play difference from what TCU has grown accustomed to in Big 12 games. “The less series people get, the better opportunity you have of being successful,” Patterson said. “Kansas State has been a great model for that.