TCU never recovered from the 65-7 loss to Georgia in the national championship game. The Horned Frogs arrived back in Fort Worth a wounded squad two days before the start of spring practice. Head coach Sonny Dykes allowed the team three weeks off to recuperate from the 15-games season and that caused a chain of events that put the Frogs behind schedule in 2023, especially with a new offensive coordinator.
“It was a mess,” Dykes said during my visit to Funky Town for the 2024 summer magazine tour. “I’m talking in Game 12 we weren’t executing the way an average team would. We never felt like we caught up.”