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 will be leaned on even more now that the Horned Frogs have lost QB Shawn Robinson to a season-ending injury and WR KaVontae Turpin has been suspended from the team after his domestic violence arrest. Anderson carried nine times for just 49 yards before being injured in TCU’s win last week over Baylor; he now has 604 yards and four touchdowns on 120 carries for the season.
–QB Grayson Muehlstein, a redshirt senior who’s been a backup for his entire stint with the Horned Frogs, played and played well in TCU’s win over Baylor last week. He threw for 137 yards and a touchdown in relief of Michael Collins, who suffered a right foot injury in the first quarter that will also keep him out for Saturday’s game versus Oklahoma State. Muehlstein is TCU’s only healthy scholarship quarterback.
–LB Ty Summers has been Mr. Production for TCU, now needing just 29 tackles to become the all-time tackling leader in the Gary Patterson era. He played quarterback in high school, so he has position flexibility, too, playing linebacker and defensive end. Summers ran a 4.55-second 40-yard dash in the spring and has recorded a 36-inch vertical. He has 44 stops, 4.5 of them for them for a loss, two quarterback hurries and a sack through the first nine games. Summers returned to the field against Baylor after missing the Horned Frogs’ previous two games because of an undisclosed injury.
–DE Ben Banogu, a senior, had a team-high 10 tackles, four of them for a loss, a sack and a forced fumble in the win over Baylor; Banogu now has 49 stops, two forced fumbles including one that led to a TD return, a fumble return for score, another fumble recovery, six sacks and five quarterback hurries for the season.
SERIES HISTORY: Oklahoma State leads TCU 15-11-2. The Horned Frogs posted a 44-31 win over Oklahoma State in Stillwater last season.
QUOTE TO NOTE: “Well, we’ve got one left. Third-team quarterback, third-team running back, lost two more offensive linemen, lost another linebacker. We’re up over 40. We’ve got one left. I told them, I’m just tired. They can celebrate, I’m tired.” — TCU coach Gary Patterson after the win over Baylor
