TCU at Kansas: Will either defense get stops? - Rock Chalk Podcast

In a matchup of two potent offenses, the Jayhawk and Horned Frog defenses may be the most important units.

Once again, the Kansas Jayhawks are still undefeated, but I promise that this week actually is their toughest test of the season so far. The TCU Horned Frogs are also undefeated after demolishing the Oklahoma Sooners at home, and it has set up a ranked-on-ranked matchup in Lawrence this week. And to help us figure out exactly what to expect from the visitors this week, I welcomed Melissa Triebwasser of Frogs Today back to the show.

We dove in to how much of this was a change in leadership versus development of talent, the keys to this offense being so explosive, how TCU will try to keep the Kansas offense off balance, and what the most important matchups will be. And of course, we made predictions and picks.

The episode begins with a discussion about how surprising the quick turnaround has been for both of these teams. And for TCU, that included an injury to season-opening starter Chandler Morris to clear the way for Max Duggan. From there, we look at the TCU offensive line play and how we expect them to hold up to an underrated Kansas defensive line. And then we look at the preferred play-style for the TCU offense.

After the break, we jump to the defense, trying to figure out what the most difficult part of playing this Kansas offense will be. We look at the strength of the defense, and which parts the Jayhawks could take advantage of this week.

Then to wrap up, we look at some key matchups in the game before giving predictions for the outcome. And once again, I jumped into some picks that weren't available at the time of recording to close out the episode.

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