Trevone Boykin bounces back, TCU (No. 3) defense suffers another blow
Boykin didn’t get his 2015 campaign off to a hot start against Minnesota, but he rebounded nicely against Stephen F Austin in Week 2. The Heisman hopeful passed for 285 yards and four touchdowns and showed nice pocket awareness while doing all his damage through the air in this contest.
Big plays were the order of the day, with five TCU receivers catching passes of 28 yards or longer. Boykin was particularly effective throwing to Kolby Listenbee, who caught six passes for 142 yards—including this 60-yard bomb for a score.
One play. 61 yards. 21-0.@TCUFootball rolling after one quarter of action from Fort Worth.#Big12FB on FS1.
http://t.co/kDRBh1AfST— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) September 12, 2015
A big win was to be expected, and TCU obliged, 70-7.
However, given the fact that TCU’s defense had already taken a big hit earlier in the week—losing both starting inside linebackers for the year—it was nice to see the defense dominate like it did.
Unfortunately, this already depleted unit lost another player when safety Kenny Iloka left the game with a knee injury. He could miss the rest of the season, meaning the pressure is on Boykin even more to carry the Horned Frogs the rest of the way.