TCU's win is a victory for the future of the Big 12 Conference

GLENDALE – As the media waited for the Sonny Dykes and a select number of TCU players to arrive at the post-game press conference after the Horned Frogs knocked off Michigan, safeties coach Paul Gonzales popped his head into the room and yelled multiple times, ‘when you write, make sure they know which conference we are in!’”

The Big 12 felt on life support when news trickled out before the start of the 2022 season that the Longhorns and Sooners were moving to the greener pastures of the SEC. Oklahoma was the only Big 12 program to reach a College Football Playoff, flaming out each time because of a lack of toughness and defensive prowess. Most expected the same fate to fall upon TCU in the Fiesta Bowl against Michigan.