TCU and Oklahoma share a particularly troublesome storm that blew their seasons — at least temporarily — into a ditch.
Iowa State busted then-No. 4 TCU on Oct. 28 in a game that beforehand had made just about every member of Horned Frogs fandom a nervous wreck after the Cyclones had stunned then-No. 3 Oklahoma in, of all places, Norman three weeks before.
Both have picked up the pieces from the wreckage and gotten their seasons, and Big 12 and CFP hopes back on the road.
The CFP No. 8 Frogs go to No. 5 Oklahoma on Saturday for the Iowa State Bowl.