Patterson Holds Weekly Presser
10/7/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
The No. 9 Horned Frogs are at No. 5 Baylor on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
Included below are excerpts from Patterson's meeting with the media.
On Baylor ...
"They definitely create a challenge for us and anybody right now. They're awfully talented on both sides of the ball. They faked a punt, blocked a field goal and scored a touchdown. They did it in all areas last week against Texas, so you have to get ready to play. They've been very good the last two years."
On TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin ...
"I'm the one who has always believed in Trevone. I recruited him and signed him. As a redshirt freshman, he went to Baylor two years ago, threw for nearly 300 yards, four touchdowns and won a ball game. He's very athletic. Obviously, any time you can hone in on one thing it makes you better."
On the TCU receivers stepping up ...
"With our group, this has to be by committee. Each guy has his day because of the way they've played us on defense. One of the things (co-offensive coordinator) Coach (Doug) Meacham wants is to be able to distribute to a lot of people, where we have nine to 15 guys catching the ball. The defense usually dictates that. When it's your day and your matchup against the guy you're playing against, you have to make the plays.
"In two of the four ball games, it's been a good matchup on the outside. Deante' Gray was a good matchup in one game. Josh Doctson was another matchup in another. As you go forward, you make sure that the other guys need to get started."
On how experience has helped his squad ...
"It has been a big help for the guys who have played quite a bit. We learned how to fight through the fourth quarter a year ago. The biggest thing is being behind, having to fight back and trying to get ahead. It's a big difference when you're playing the people you have to play and need to make some plays."
On making the key play when it's needed ...
"In the Oklahoma game, we had to make a couple plays and we did. (Marcus) Mallet makes the fourth down stop. (Paul) Dawson gets the interception. We get a big sack on third down when they try to get a first down on the draw. Those are the kinds of things that didn't happen before. A lot of it goes back to being mentally sharp and staying healthy. Not going as hard during September has helped us.
"I reminded them that I understand how big of a ball game that is. I also understand, having been undefeated in 2009 and 2010 in the regular season, how hard it is to do that every week.
On the difficulty of the upcoming schedule ...
"Baylor plays a lot better in Waco. You're going to play just as good a team, or better, when you play in Waco as we just got done playing here. You then have Oklahoma State, who is ranked in the top 20, and a rivalry game with Texas Tech, but that's okay."
