FWST: TCU takeaways: 5 things from a turnover-filled day at Kansas

It took another close shave for TCU to pull out a win at Kansas on Saturday, but that’s standard operating procedure for Gary Patterson’s team against the Jayhawks and in Kansas. The last five meetings are all TCU victories, but decided by an average of seven points. For the last three, the average is less than four.

Here are our takeaways from the Horned Frogs’ 24-23 victory, secured on Brandon Hatfield’s 34-yard field goal with less than two minutes to go:

1. TCU is willing to accept a certain amount of risk with Kenny Hill. He’s thrown eight interceptions in six games. In his last 11 starts, including five at Texas A&M, he’s been intercepted 16 times. That’s way too much. But Gary Patterson said Saturday after three interceptions from Hill left TCU down by nine points in the third quarter that he never considered a change in quarterbacks. “This offense, it’s the nature of it,” he said. “You’re not going to win very many ballgames if you do (throw interceptions), but that has a little bit more to do with us, how we call it and what we do.” The Frogs have decided Hill is their quarterback. He has potentially two years to be their starter. For now, he is going to get time to work out his interception problem.