With two weeks left until the opening kickoff of 2020 Horned Frogs football, here are three takeaways from Gary Patterson’s appearance in the Big 12 teleconference:
TCU has been practicing without QB1 and QB2 the past 10 days
A few weeks ago, it was announced that star quarterback Max Duggan was undergoing surgery for a heart condition that was discovered during increased testing due to COVID-19. Duggan has been out since the condition was discovered and Patterson said he would be back when the doctor gave him the all-clear.
Matthew Downing, the quarterback that’s been promoted to the starting role due to Duggan’s injury, has been out for the past 10 days but will be back for the next couple days. Patterson did not reveal why the quarterback had been sitting out.
Patterson said during the past 10 days, other players have been taking snaps but no one has stood out.
A game before conference play would have been nice
Due to a recent COVID-19 outbreak among TCU’s football team, the Horned Frogs were forced to postpone their Week 1 game against SMU. Without no nonconference game under their belt heading into conference play, Patterson said it would have been nice if the team was able to have gotten a game in like everyone else in the Big 12.
“All of the teams that have losses are going to get better,” Patterson said. “I wish I had a ballgame under my belt so I knew where I was at.”
Patterson said it is hard to know how good of a team you are when you play yourselves.
Less injuries
One good thing that has come out of the extended preseason is there have been a lot less regular injuries, knock on wood. Patterson said they have only had five to six guys out with normal injuries like concussions, hamstring, or groin injuries.
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