TCU coach Gary Patterson changed clothes during halftime of the Alamo Bowl on Saturday night, and that was by design. Patterson had seen enough of his team through two quarters. He’d watched his Horned Frogs fall behind Oregon 31-0 in the Alamodome, and he’d done so wearing a black shirt. So Patterson took it upon himself to boost TCU’s mojo: He traded that black shirt and visor for purple ones, hoping the change in wardrobe might alter the Frogs’ fortunes in the second half.
Two quarters, three overtimes and 57 total points later, Patterson stared gleefully into the ESPN camera after an improbable, irrational and somehow irrefutable 47-41 comeback win over Oregon.