Dykes: Nine-game Big 12 schedule a grind others don’t face
FILE - TCU head coach Sonny Dykes walks off the field after an NCAA college football game against Iowa State in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. TCU won 62-14. TCU's Sonny Dykes won The Associated Press Coach of the Year on Monday, Dec. 19, after leading the No. 3 Horned Frogs to the College Football Playoff in his first season with the school.(AP Photo/LM Otero, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/LM Otero]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sonny Dykes appeared to take a veiled shot at the mighty Southeastern Conference on Thursday morning. The first-year TCU coach said he was actually trying to pay the SEC a compliment. The Big 12 plays a nine-game conference schedule and the Horned Frogs had to play 10 straight games in 10 weeks against conference schools, counting the Big 12 Championship game, which they lost to Kansas State. The SEC plays an eight-game conference schedule. Said Dykes: “You’re not going to catch The Citadel in Week 10. We caught Texas.” TCU faces Michigan on Saturday in the College Football Playoff at the Fiesta Bowl.
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Georgia tight end Brock Bowers (19) speaks during media day for the Peach Bowl NCAA college football game against Ohio State Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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