It’s TCU versus Oklahoma, not Gary Patterson versus Baker Mayfield.
But coach versus quarterback is the matchup most likely to decide Saturday’s Big 12 meeting between the Horned Frogs and Sooners in Norman, and the one that made headlines in 2015 in Miami and 2016 in Fort Worth.
Two years ago, at the national semifinals at the Orange Bowl, Mayfield told reporters TCU was the school that most disappointed him in recruiting, dangling a scholarship offer that never came. Patterson defended himself from the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, where TCU was relegated after falling just short in a comeback attempt in Norman after Mayfield suffered a concussion and couldn’t finish the game.