It's the first thing you learn in youth football; how to hit hard and wrap up. But it seems the farther along in football you get, the less of a guarantee that becomes. That has been especially true in 2015 for TCU, as poor form and lack of size have led to a bevy of missed tackles. Let's see if we can figure out why.
It's no secret that the back half of the TCU defense has been hit hard with the injury bug, leaving the linebacker and secondary units depleted of size and experience. With safeties playing in the middle, walk-ons playing in the back, and freshmen learning on the fly, results have been mixed, to say the least.