Everyone agrees TCU has a mature football team. Coach Gary Patterson has been saying it since spring and repeated it at the start of the season.
But why, exactly?
Certainly, the Horned Frogs have more seniors than a year ago, as Patterson points out. But age is no guarantee of maturity.
What, then?
“Battle stories,” receiver John Diarse said after the Horned Frogs’ 26-6 victory at Kansas State on Saturday, which put them alone in first place in the Big 12 and one of the last unbeaten FBS teams in the country.