Deadspin is releasing their Top 25, and TCU checks in at No. 8. I don't agree with the ranking, but there are some pretty good lines in this piece.
Like Boise State, the Horned Frogs were never a cutesy mid-major team. Beginning in 2000, TCU dominated the Mountain West, regularly being the only team that could truly challenge the Broncos on a yearly basis. So in 2013, when TCU won just four games during its second season in the Big 12, there was no shortage of people saying, “Hurr, this is big-boy football. Mid-majors should stick to their mountains, hurr.