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OU football: TCU's Gary Patterson says Oklahoma should be in playoff if it wins Big 12 Championship

Gary Patterson

TCU head football coach Gary Patterson speaks with the referees in the fourth quarter of the game against the Sooners Oct. 1. Patterson argued against an intentional grounding call.

 Siandhara Bonnet/The Daily

If Oklahoma beats Texas in the Big 12 Championship on Saturday, is it in the playoff?

TCU coach Gary Patterson thinks the answer should be yes.

After the Horned Frogs' 31-24 win over Oklahoma State, Patterson, who played both Oklahoma and Ohio State this season, said he would rather see the Buckeyes again than the Sooners.

“This thing I hear about, ‘Well, you’ve got to be a complete team.’ No you don’t,” Patterson said. “You just have to have one side of the ball that’s better than anything anybody else can do. All these people out there who have all those opinions about that they need to go try to come defend them.

“Texas is going to get an opportunity again this next Saturday. I can just tell you guys right now: I don’t want to. Last year I had to play them twice last year with Baker [Mayfield]. I would not want to play them twice with Kyler [Murray]. Telling you right now. It’s recess. And it’s full blast.”

Patterson and TCU fell to Ohio State 40-28 in Week 3 of the season and lost to Oklahoma 52-27 in October.

Read more of what Patterson had to say here.

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