SAN ANTONIO -- One of the greatest bowl game comebacks in the history of college football started with a wardrobe change.
Gary Patterson laughs at how stupid that sounds, but it felt necessary. His TCU team was down 31-0 to Oregon when he snuck into his Alamodome office at halftime and quickly changed clothes. The black long-sleeved mock turtleneck wasn't working.
He turned to his purple short-sleeved Nike mock turtleneck, a lightweight shirt that absorbs sweat and, evidently, absolves fear. Had to change visors, too, to make the new look match.
And then his Horned Frogs scored 47 points, 38 of them in a row, and miraculously stunned Oregon 47-41 in triple overtime to steal a Valero Alamo Bowl victory Saturday night.