Trailing 58-37 with 11:38 left, after TCU's Marcus Mallett intercepted Bryce Petty and returned it for a touchdown, Baylor looked left for dead. Instead, the Bears scored three touchdowns in less than seven minutes to tie it. Then, after stopping TCU near midfield, they moved downfield to set up Chr
bviously, however, it won't be easy -- the yards per carry against average ranks tied for ninth nationally and the rush defense ranks No. 14 in rush S&P for TCU. The success is a result of the stout defensive front is stout and the two rangy, active linebackers in Paul Dawson and Marcus Mallett.
BREAKOUT PLAYER: Let's give credit for TCU's entire front six the Horned Frogs' defense runs out of an unorthodox 4-2-5 base formation but save specific praise for linebackers Paul Dawson and Marcus Mallett, who crashed hard into the Texas backfield to disrupt the Longhorns' running game. At hal
TCU (4-1, 1-1) likely shared that belief too especially after Marcus Mallett stepped in front of a Cherry pass and returned it 49 yards for a score to put the Frogs up 58-37 with 11:38 remaining in the game.
On fourth down from the TCU 22, Samaje Perine was stuffed by linebacker Marcus Mallett for no gain. Officials confirmed on a replay review that Perine, who had three TD runs in the game, was stopped short of a first down.