Gary Patterson built TCU football.
Now, as a “special assistant coach” at Texas, which hosts the Horned Frogs Saturday, he’s tasked with, well, not necessarily destroying the program he led brilliantly for nearly 22 seasons only to be essentially fired just a year ago, but at least ending its dream season.
TCU is 9-0 and ranked No. 4 in the national AP poll under new coach Sonny Dykes. It controls its destiny for not just the Big 12 championship, but a spot in the College Football Playoff.
It’s an achievement that was unfathomable back in 2000, when Patterson took over in Fort Worth.