TCU expects to have leading tackler Travin Howard and safety Niko Small back for the Big 12 championship game against Oklahoma, coach Gary Patterson said Monday.
Both starters have missed the last two games with injuries.
Howard, an All-Big 12 linebacker last year, has 89 tackles. Small is a two-year starter.
While they'll get two starters back, the Horned Frogs will be without safety Nick Orr for the first half Saturday. Orr was by the Big 12 for his involvement in the skirmish that broke out in Friday's TCU-Baylor game.