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Stats O’ War: Week 1 Notes and Numbers

Week 1 has happened, and now we as fans begin the season-long investigation into the age-old question: “Is our team actually good?” On Sundays throughout the season, I’ll be combing through the box scores and a little play by play data to identify interesting trends and outliers of TCU Football’s performance.

TCU started slow but found times to right the ship against FCS opponent UAPB, looking at times like a high-ceiling, competent team and other times conjuring memories of TCU’s stagnant, grinding offenses of old. Let’s peruse the box score and find a couple stats and numbers worth noting:

  1. TCU DROPPING THE BALL: The Frogs looked pretty sloppy, as one would expect in a season opener, but right off the bat there seems to be a sticking point for the days of practice leading up into TCU’s next game - ball security.