FORT WORTH, Texas (FOX 44) – The 121st Bluebonnet Battle didn’t end with a whistle — it ended with lightning, chaos, and a collective scream from Central and North Texas when ESPN dumped the broadcast to the app — which, naturally, was blacked out. After two hours of weather delays and three near-comebacks, TCU barely survived Baylor 42–36 on Saturday afternoon at Amon G. Carter Stadium in a game that tested the patience of fans, meteorologists, and anyone holding a remote.
Baylor came out swinging, marching 92 yards on its opening drive as quarterback Sawyer Robertson fired a 41-yard strike to Ashtyn Hawkins to set up Bryson Washington’s one-yard touchdown plunge. TCU answered with a 75-yard drive capped by Josh Hoover’s eight-yard touchdown toss to DJ Rogers, but the Bears’ early execution looked sharp in the downpour.
Then came the meltdown — figuratively and meteorologically. A Baylor fumble at its own 17-yard line flipped momentum faster than the radar map. Two Kevorian Barnes runs later, TCU led 14–7. Baylor kicker Connor Hawkins knocked through a 42-yard field goal to make it 14–10, but Hoover found Jordan Dwyer on a 77-yard drive before halftime to push the Frogs ahead 21–10 — the start of what became a 21-point second quarter…