In the end, the fourth-ranked TCU Horned Frogs did exactly what they were supposed to do against a lower-division FCS team.
A dominating 62-7 victory over Tennessee Tech extended the Horned Frogs' home winning streak to 15 games, yet still gave coach Gary Patterson plenty of teaching points after a penalty-filled game that led to a postgame apology Saturday night.
"I didn't want to score the last touchdown. We don't do style points. ... That's not the program that we are, period. I did not want to score 60," Patterson said. "I'm not unhappy. I'm just not going to come in here jumping up and down."
TCU (2-0) was running out the clock and didn't even throw a pass while scoring three times in the fourth quarter, including a 16-yard touchdown run by seldom-used fullback Ryan Hightower with 4 minutes left. The fifth-year senior appearing in only his fourth game cut left on a short run and had a wide-open lane to the end zone.
The Frogs were just that much better than Tennessee Tech (0-2), where Patterson earned a master's degree while serving as a graduate assistant from 1983-85.
