I'm not usually, I just find the "oh my gawd its TEECEEYOU" fear to be so dumb this year. Yes, they've had us down for the last decade but Charlie, Tom and their G5 coaching staffs arent here anymore. Did we just shit the bed against Arky? Yes, absolutely. Will the atmosphere at TCU be similar? Yes but on a smaller scale. Is the jury still out on Sark and Co.? Yes it is.
But I am not ready to think that all is lost before its played, especially since I just saw TCU try its best to lose against a Cal team that doesn't have a single player that could crack Texas's starting lineup (probably...maybe at rush LB but even then...). Sark is on a different level as an offensive coach compared to Musgrave. PK is miles better than Sirmon at defense. Cal's OL sucks but TCU had almost no pressure on the QB but their starting RB, who would struggle to crack Texas's 4 deep, ran for 5 a carry and 2 TDs. Cal's WRs are average and the QB cant throw deep yet he rained 30+ yard passes over the top of the TCU DBs, none of whom looked good (Tomlinson was ok but the other CB and the safeties are shit). Offensively, Duggan is Duggan (good runner, inconsistent passer) but he has a weak to okish OL, 1 decent to good WR, a couple of OK WRs and a great RB in Evans. With that said, a solid but unspectacular Cal D had them bottled up for 29 minutes before a flukey long TD by Evans where a frosh LB in there because of injuries got caught out of position right before half took some wind out of the sails. 2nd half, TCU ran it down Cal's throat and the afternoon heat sucked the life out of them and they folded. That wont happen against Texas IMO. And Cal still almost won the game and should've except their coaching staff completely shit the bed chasing points all game.
Bottom line, if Texas loses to TCU, I'm off the Sark train and telling him to fuck back off to Southern California. Sure, I saw 1 game blah blah but this is not a typical Patterson TCU defense, they are not good. Texas should win this game by 2 TDs