FWST: TCU needs to mirror John Diarse’s ability to finish when facing OU

TCU receiver John Diarse, a graduate transfer from LSU, has taken part in only four games for the Horned Frogs.

But he showed some grit and delivered some postgame insight worth embracing by his new teammates after Friday’s 33-3 rout of SMU.

Diarse, who leads the team in receiving yards (290), reflected on the time he spent Friday night in the south end zone of Gerald J. Ford Stadium trying to clear his head after a blindside hit from SMU safety Darrion Millines. The hit drew a targeting penalty and resulted in Millines’ ejection.

“He knocked the breath out of me,” Diarse said. “That just happens. We always talk about how, if you get hit, it’s about how you get back up and how you finish. So that was my whole mindset for the rest of the game: finish, finish, finish to make up for it.”