Texas Football: 3 problematic Horned Frogs for the Longhorns
1) Problematic Horned Frogs for Texas football: Garret Wallow
The usually problematic TCU defense, at least under Patterson’s direction as head coach, didn’t get off to their expected hot start against an Iowa State offense that really struggled to put up points in their season opening upset loss to Louisiana back on Sep. 12. TCU wasn’t all that bad in defending the pass, but defending the run was a huge problem for them.
TCU allowed less than 215 passing yards, and just one passing touchdown, to quarterback Brock Purdy and the Clones offense. But they did allow a massive 212.0 rushing yards (on a whopping 7.6 yards per carry), and four rushing touchdowns. Of that production on the ground, more than 150 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns came from standout sophomore running back Breece Hall.
One player that really did his best to shut down that Iowa State offense last weekend for the Horned Frogs was the 6-foot-2 and 230 pound senior linebacker Garret Wallow. In the loss to Iowa State, Wallow registered a team-leading nine total tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack, and one forced fumble.
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Wallow was really productive against Texas in his college career to date. He’s registered more than 20 total tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and one interception, in a couple of tries against the Longhorns. Wallow was one of the big driving factors on the TCU defense last season that caused that turnover fest from Ehlinger and led to them pulling off the win in Fort Worth.