Bryce Petty's final 11 minutes against TCU might have been his Heisman moment

In the summer, there was talk that TCU might regret coming from the Mountain West to the Big 12 because it couldn’t keep up.

Well, TCU had a chance to quiet all of its haters and instead just gave them more fuel. TCU had 58-37 lead against Baylor with 10:39 remaining in the fourth quarter, tried to sit on the lead and watched one of the nation’s best offenses score 24 unanswered points to steal a win.

It wasn’t so long ago that Baylor was this team — on the cusp of breaking through as the top team in the Big 12.

But you don’t get to the top by letting up.

When Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty threw a pick-six with 11:38 remaining, the Bears could have easily been defeated. Instead, it was re-energized. In less than a minute, Baylor answered. After TCU did a poor job of trying to whittle down the clock, Petty continued to work his magic and scored again 4 minutes later. Baylor’s game-tying touchdown less than 2 minutes after that.

It’s easy to say TCU blew this game, but we also might have just seen Petty’s Heisman moment. Most quarterbacks would not have responded the way Petty did after throwing that pick-six. Most might have made more mistakes. Instead, Petty seemingly got better. The final 11 minutes of the game against TCU might have been the finest in his college football career.

TCU is only in its third year in the Big 12. It’s offense has finally caught up to its defense and it looks like, down the road, it can be a one of the powers in the conference — and could even still win it this year. But this game might have to be one of the necessary growing pains the Horned Frogs have to experience to get there.

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