It was a year ago that TCU and Baylor football found themselves on just about polar opposite ends of the college football spectrum, only holding the Lone Star State and Big 12 Conference in common.
On one end, a top 25 Horned Frogs team was playing for a trip to the Big 12 Championship Game and an outside chance of cracking the College Football Playoff. Across the sidelines, the 1-win Bears could only focus on trying to ruin their rivals’ entire season in what would be their final game of a tumultuous year across the board.
And ahead of that game, TCU head coach Gary Patterson just about summed it up perfectly for a Baylor team that had nothing to play for other than the role of spoiler.