It’s easy to view TCU coach Sonny Dykes’ comments on his former quarterback, Josh Hoover, as sour grapes.
Dykes did an interview with State of the Frogs this week, during which some comments he made about his former quarterback went viral on social media. While discussing changes to TCU’s offense in 2026, particularly under new offensive coordinator Gordon Sammis, Dykes wanted to stress how important it was that his team cut down on turnovers. It was at this point that Dykes made it rather clear who he felt was most responsible for TCU’s turnover issues in 2025.
“I mean, I think you know that — look, numbers are numbers, and stats are stats. And I think you know, you look for us, and I think Josh started 31 games here as a quarterback, and we turned the ball over 40 — he turned the ball over 42 times in those 31 starts,” Dykes said. “And you go, and you go, and you look at Gordy was the offensive coordinator last year at Connecticut, and their quarterback turned it over twice. And so, you know, I think that’s where we want to get to, you know, you look at the teams that played for a national championship.”…