Gary Patterson Says He's Taking It One Game at a Time

iStockphoto(FORT WORTH, Texas) — Seventh-ranked TCU (6-1) will have another tough task at hand on Saturday when they travel to No. 20 West Virginia (6-2).

Horned Frogs head coach Gary Patterson is happy to see his team bowl eligible at this point in the season, but knows there are still more games to play.

“Everything now counts as one,” Patterson said this week. “[We have] two tough games in a row [starting with] West Virginia in Morgantown. They’re playing really well on both sides of the ball. You can say the same thing about Kansas State. Then a three-week stretch with Kansas, Texas and Iowa State. We just have to take it one at a time.”

West Virginia comes into the game averaging 36.9 points per game.

“Coach [Dana] Holgorsen has really done a great job,” Patterson said. “They’re kind of in the same situation we’ve been in coming into the Big 12. We’ve had identical records the first two years. Both our games with each other have gone to overtime. We’ve beat each other at home. We have to find a way to win.”

TCU is only giving up 21.6 points per game this year.

“We’ve played really well at times,” Patterson said of his defense. “They’ve figured some things out. They didn’t play well for a quarter last week. We saw three plays that we hadn’t seen. They ran the back vertical, which is a really good play, and we missed a tackle. Then two hitch screens, but you have to get ready to play.”