Fort Worth Star Telegram: TCU sweats out late win

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So is this what life is going to be like as the No. 2 team in the country?

If the TCU Horned Frogs are asking just that after a 23-17 victory at Minnesota on Thursday night in the season opener, it would make sense.

They did not look like prime time thoroughbreds on ESPN. They did not lap the field. There were no style points.

Instead, they’re coming back to Fort Worth with black eyes, torn shirts, ripped pants and scraped elbows from a schoolyard fight at TCF Bank Stadium against the unranked Gophers.

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“I told you it was going to be a tough ballgame,” Patterson said. “We need to run the ball. We screwed up some opportunities in the red zone. But I think you got to give Minnesota a lot of credit.”

The two touchdowns and three field goals by Jaden Oberkrom were all the Horned Frogs — tied for fifth-best in the nation last year in total offense — managed in support of a defense missing two starters because of injury. Defensive end James McFarland and defensive tackle Davion Pierson (who did not make the trip) did not play; Patterson did not disclose the nature of their injuries, but suggested they will both have a chance to be back for the next game.

Considering the Horned Frogs were already missing six starters from last season, they had eight defensive newcomers on the field. And they lost starting linebacker Sammy Douglas after the first series, Patterson said.

“So our two linebackers were a true freshman and a redshirt freshman the whole ballgame,” Patterson said. “And to play the kind of offense we had to play? I didn’t care — one point is all I wanted coming out of this one. This was a hard ballgame.”

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