Muleshoe to Fiesta Bowl: Garrett Riley steps out of the shadows

PHOENIX, ARIZ. – A few gray hairs sprinkled into the beard emerging on TCU offensive coordinator Garrett Riley provide evidence that his roots back in Muleshoe, Texas are further in the rear-view mirror than maybe the 33-year-old architect of the sixth-best scoring offense in the nation would like to admit. 

But one quick mention of an infamous story seemingly lifted straight from the cutting floor of a Friday Night Lights episode made it feel like yesterday, even as his third-seeded Horned Frogs prepare for a national semifinal game against Michigan.