Texas Football: 3 weaknesses Sarkisian can exploit vs. TCU

What promises to be one of the most crucial and challenging Big 12 matchups this fall for new head coach Steve Sarkisian and the Texas football program lies on tap this weekend against head coach Gary Patterson and the stingy TCU Horned Frogs. No other Big 12 team gave Texas as many fits in the six or eight years as TCU.

In fact, the Horned Frogs have taken care of business in six of the last seven meetings with the Longhorns on the gridiron. Texas still holds the edge in terms of the all-time record over TCU at 63-27-1. But since the Horned Frogs joined the Big 12, Patterson’s squad gave the Longhorns all sorts of fits.

However, it will be interesting to see how the Longhorns fair against TCU under the direction of Sark as head coach. Patterson and Sark haven’t crossed paths a whole lot in the past. The same could be said of a lot of the coordinators between Texas and TCU.

Texas football and Steve Sarkisian have some notable weaknesses to look into vs. TCU

This will be an interesting game of chess between the offensive-minded Sarkisian and the defensive-minded Patterson.

Yet, Texas looks good coming into this game. Texas carries in a record of 3-1 (1-0 Big 12) following a dominant win in their Big 12 opener last weekend over the Texas Tech Red Raiders at home. Meanwhile, TCU comes in with a record of 2-1 (0-0 Big 12) following their one-possession loss to the SMU Mustangs last weekend.

This is the Big 12 opener for the Horned Frogs against Texas. The Longhorns are a five-point favorite just a few days ahead of kickoff against the Horned Frogs this coming weekend. And the ESPN matchup predictor (based on the Football Power Index) gives Texas nearly a 70 percent chance to beat TCU.

For Texas to take care of business against the Horned Frogs this weekend, we’ll need to really see Sark outcoach Patterson. And that obviously won’t be an easy feat.

Here’s a look into three weaknesses of the Horned Frogs that the Longhorns could exploit in this critical Big 12 meeting on Oct. 2 in Fort Worth.