TCU linebacker says team defense is the ‘laughingstock of college football’ after Colorado loss

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The TCU defense has struggled the last two times it has taken the football field, to put it nicely. 

In the Jan. 9, 2023 national championship game against Georgia, TCU allowed 65 points on 589 yards. In opening the 2023 college football season, the Horned Frogs allowed 45 points and 564 yards to Colorado, giving up four touchdowns on six second-half possessions before the Buffaloes ran out the clock. 

Colorado Shedeur Sanders, #2, center, throws the football against TCU's Johnny Hodges, #57, at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 2, 2023. (Greg Nelson/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

TCU linebacker Johnny Hodges was on the field for both games, and the junior defender is fed up. 

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"I guess you could say it’s a wake-up call," Hodges said Tuesday. "I don’t know how losing in the national championship by 60 isn’t a wake-up call, but right now, we’re definitely the laughingstock of college football. Having 22 missed tackles, having who knows how many missed assignments, making our defensive coordinator look awful. Just making his defense look like it's a childhood kid's defense and him getting all this slack. So, if it’s not a wake-up call, then I don’t know what it is."

Hodges passionately defended TCU defensive coordinator Joe Gillespie, saying he gave them the information they needed going into the game. 

Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders, #2, throws under pressure from TCU Horned Frogs linebacker Johnny Hodges, #57, in the second quarter at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Ft. Worth, Texas, Sept. 2,