TCU Football is a REALLY Bad Good Team: What Happened Against UNC

First and 16 Podcast - Big 12 College Football and College Basketball · Aug 29, 2026 · 1m

TCU just suffered a brutal 15-10 loss to North Carolina, but was TCU actually as bad as the final score suggests? In this quick episode of First and 16, Adam Gibby breaks down how TCU somehow produced several winning statistics and still found a way to lose. The Horned Frogs had Jeremy Payne producing on the ground, won the time-of-possession battle, forced turnovers and held North Carolina's offense in check. But 11 penalties, a disastrous safety, a 1-for-5 performance on fourth down, questionable red-zone decisions and poor execution completely changed the game. So is TCU simply a bad…