https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article218183355.html
His AD wanted him to play ONE tough regular season game. Recall they were in the Mountain West at this point.
His AD wanted him to play ONE tough regular season game. Recall they were in the Mountain West at this point.
Patterson would fall on his ass at a big school.Quote:
Former TCU director of athletics Chris Del Conte's brilliant landing of a home-and-home series with Ohio State was agreed to in the spring of 2011, when the school thought it was going to The Big East.
Not long after TCU won the Rose Bowl, he and some Ohio State administrators exchanged some playful trash talk, but it turned serious when he said, "Why don't we get your boys to come down and play us and our boys will come up and play you?"
That Del Conte was able to convince Ohio State to leave Ohio to play a non-conference game in a stadium that seats less than 50,000 demonstrates the man's ability to sell; he could sell crack to a crack dealer.
Del Conte arranged this home-and-home because the game was good for TCU's brand, and it would be a guaranteed sellout. A return date would also give TCU fans a chance to watch their team play at one of the sport's special venues.
At the time the game was scheduled, Ohio State was coached by interim Luke Fickell, who was the man between the Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer eras.
When Del Conte approached Patterson about the series, the coach said, "So you don't want me to win a national championship?"