It took Gary Patterson a long time to make it to the podium Saturday afternoon. As the small throng of reporters waited... and waited... and waited on the Horned Frog coach’s appearance for the post game press conference, it became apparent that a long day was going to make for a long night.
I don’t think many realists expected TCU to win in Ames against an up-and-coming Iowa State team still stinging from a loss at Baylor a week ago. Brock Purdy was the more seasoned QB on the field and the Cyclones game plan was frankly better in all aspects.