T.C.U. Topples Michigan in Wild Playoff Semifinal

As soon as once more, although, Michigan couldn’t cease T.C.U. when it mattered most.

On third-and-7, Duggan hit Quentin Johnston on a brief crossing route and the star receiver busted by a deal with and bolted 76 yards for a landing and the Horned Frogs had some a lot wanted respiration room.

It was barely sufficient.

When T.C.U. was stonewalled on back-to-back cracks from contained in the 1-yard line in additional time of its loss to Kansas State within the Massive 12 championship sport, Dykes instantly pledged to be higher there if his workforce received into the playoff. Earlier this week, he mentioned the Horned Frogs must be stronger up entrance, but in addition extra inventive.

“We’ve put a number of work into, a number of consideration to it,” Dykes mentioned. “Whenever you take a look at faculty soccer as of late, groups are so evenly matched, usually what the sport comes right down to is having the ability to convert third downs and, particularly, fourth downs and scoring conditions.”

Dykes proved prescient.

After Duggan — who was pushed from behind by a few teammates — was stopped on a sneak on third-and-goal on the 1, he rolled to his left earlier than turning up discipline and bulled over Michigan security Rod Moore, who had rushed as much as meet him on the purpose line, placing the Horned Frogs forward, 14-0.

The subsequent time T.C.U. was in placing distance, Duggan rolled out on second-and-goal on the Michigan 6, evaded blitzing nickel again Mike Sainristil and hit receiver Taye Barber, who had raced throughout the formation, stepped out of a shoestring deal with by cornerback D.J. Turner and bounded into the top zone.

Shockingly, the upstarts had been up by a startling 21-3.

In the meantime, Michigan floundered when it sniffed the top zone, principally by being too intelligent for its personal good — as if Wealthy Rodriguez had hijacked Harbaugh’s headset.

The Wolverines, on fourth-and-goal on the 2, ran their model of the Philly Particular, the reverse and throw again to the quarterback that the Philadelphia Eagles used to nice acclaim to bamboozle the New England Patriots within the Tremendous Bowl in 2018.