TCU had a few breakdowns in the secondary on Saturday against Southern, including one that resulted in a 55-yard touchdown, Southern’s lone score of the day. After the game Niko Small called it a “coverage bust,” and said that the secondary knows the expectations, and what they have to do to correct their mistakes.
Patterson expounded on this notion Tuesday, during his weekly press conference, talking about the amount of times they practiced defending that wheel route leading up to the first game of the season.
“We only ran that one play, that bubble and go, 17 times in practice in two weeks.