There may yet be a path to the College Football Playoff for TCU, but it is hard to make out how narrow or wide.
By the time the Horned Frogs finish their Big 12 championship game against Oklahoma on Saturday, they’ll at least know whether any path exists at all.
Win, and the Frogs are 11-2, Big 12 champs, headed for no worse than a New Year’s Six game — Cotton, Fiesta or Peach? — and at least in the playoff committee’s conversation for a fourth team.
Lose, and they’re 10-3, Big 12 runners-up and probably headed for Christmas in San Antonio.