TCU’s Latest Collapse Might Be Its Most Painful Yet

Opinion: Where does TCU’s latest heartbreak rank among the most demoralizing losses of the Sonny Dykes era? The answer goes beyond the final score.

At some point, listening to Sonny Dykes explain another disappointing TCU football result begins to resemble a conversation with Charlie Brown’s teacher. The mouth moves, somebody asks a question, an answer follows, and all anybody hears is the muffled sound of a trombone.

It’s not that Dykes has nothing worthwhile to say. It’s just that there are only so many ways to explain losing football games, and TCU has exhausted most of them since its national championship appearance. The explanations that once inspired some degree of confidence have…