TCU hoping to schedule a 10th football game; SMU, other schools could be options
TCU hopes to schedule a 10th football game by early next week, athletic director Jeremiah Donati said.
Ideally, TCU would make up its scheduled game against SMU. However, it’s unclear whether the Mustangs will be an option. SMU had its game against Houston this weekend postponed because of COVID-19, and it could still play in the American Athletic Conference championship.
With that being said, TCU is exploring other options.
“Our first preference is with SMU. They understand that,” Donati said. “However, there may be difficulty in doing that. We can’t wait too long ‘cause we won’t have any options, but we don’t want to pull the trigger too early if we could play SMU.”
A 10th game would likely be played on Dec. 12 at TCU, as long as it wouldn’t conflict with the men’s basketball game against Texas A&M at Dickies Arena the same day. But the Dec. 12 date is flexible and could be pushed back to Dec. 16, 17 or 18. The Frogs would not want to play on Dec. 19 and coincide with the Big 12 championship game that day at AT&T Stadium.
Donati did not mention which other schools TCU could consider outside of SMU.
Among options, though, would seem to include Louisiana Tech, which had a nonconference game against Baylor canceled. A couple Southland Conference schools could make sense, too, in Stephen F. Austin and Central Arkansas.
A school such as North Texas may be an option, although it has a game scheduled at UTEP on Dec. 12.
TCU (3-4) is on a bye this week before traveling to Kansas on Nov. 28.
