Editor’s note: 12th in a series previewing each team in the Big 12 in 2025.
Along with going on and on about the state of college football and the guardrails needed to keep it as great as it is, TCU coach Sonny Dykes took some time at the Big 12 football media days earlier this month to actually talk about his own team.
And he did so in glowing terms, which is easy to do when you have one of the top quarterbacks in college football, let alone the Big 12, returning for another year.
That would be Josh Hoover, who torched BYU for 439 yards and four touchdowns in his first college start, back on Oct. 14, 2023. Hoover is being called the next great Horned Frogs QB, joining the ranks of Max Duggan and Andy Dalton.
“I think our guys know what to do, know how to do it. I expect us to make a big jump as a program, defensively. What is a successful season for us? It is to reach our potential.”
— TCU coach Sonny Dykes
Hoover, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound junior from Heath, Texas, guided the Frogs to a 9-4 record in 2024, including a 34-3 waxing of Louisiana in the New Mexico Bowl. TCU went 6-3 in Big 12 play, just missing out on a berth in the Big 12 championship game.
In many ways, it was a case of what could have been for Dykes’ team, which won six of its last seven games in 2024. Losses to Big 12 bottom-feeders UCF and Houston spoiled what would have been another standout season in Fort Worth.
It should also be noted that TCU’s schedule wasn’t the greatest in 2024; five of its six conference wins came against teams that didn’t make a bowl game, including Utah.
So what does 2025 look like for TCU?
Dykes said a realistic goal is making the Big 12 championship game, partly because of the return of Hoover and also because defensive coordinator Andy Avalos — the former Boise State coach — is back for his second year.
“Josh…
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