The game with the biggest impact on the Big 12 Conference race for the playoff takes place Saturday night. In other news, TCU travels to Oklahoma.
It must be frustrating to coach in the world of college football, given how much we hear about the importance of "things we can control," because there is such an absence of control involved in the pursuit of the four-team College Football Playoff. For the most part, the feeling is that the Big 12 is in good shape with Oklahoma ranked No. 5 and TCU No. 6, given the relative certainty of a loss or two looming for the teams ranked ahead.