PLAYERS TO WATCH
–RB Darius Anderson entered the season as TCU’s most explosive and dependable playmaker but has had an up-and-down season, being reduced to the role of the Horned Frogs’ flash-and-dash runner to Sewo Olonilua’s grind-it-out option. Anderson carried 11 times for just 19 yards in TCU’s loss last week to West Virginia; he now has 555 yards and four touchdowns on 111 carries for the season.
–QB Michael Collins, a transfer from Penn, has taken the reins of the team after Shawn Robinson was forced from the loss to Oklahoma with a season-ending shoulder injury. Collins passed for 229 yards and a touchdown in the loss to West Virginia.
–LB Ty Summers has been Mr. Production for TCU, now needing just 30 tackles to become the all-time tackling leader in the Gary Patterson era. Summers ran a 4.55-second 40-yard dash in the spring and has recorded a 36-inch vertical. He has 43 stops, 3.5 of them for them for a loss, two quarterback hurries and a sack. Summers has missed the Horned Frogs’ past two games because of an undisclosed injury.
–DE Ben Banogu, a senior, had four tackles, two of them for a loss, in the loss to West Virginia; Banogu now has 39 stops, a forced fumble that led to a TD return, a fumble return for score, another fumble recovery, five sacks and five quarterback hurries for the season.
SERIES HISTORY: TCU leads Baylor 54-52-7 including a 45-22 win in Waco last season.
QUOTE TO NOTE: “He was nice to us — the fourth quarter, he was nice to us. So, it could have been a lot worse. I respect that. We’ve been on the other side of these many times. We have to find a way to score points, and we have to find a way to stop people, that’s what our jobs are.” — TCU coach Gary Patterson on the 47-10 loss to West Virginia.
