Johnny Hodges, TCU LB, says program is ‘the laughingstock’ of CFB

Johnny Hodges and the TCU defense have been involved in a pair of disastrous defensive showings to end last season and begin this season. Those performances have taken a toll, to say the least.

In the national championship game last year, the Horned Frogs watched as Georgia rolled to a 65-7 blowout for a second straight title. That score was already 38-7 at halftime with TCU overmatched in every facet of the game.

Then, in Week 1, TCU allowed Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders to throw for over 500 yards, shattering a Buffs program record in the process. Colorado also pulled off the upset with a 45-42 win in Deion Sanders’ debut with the program.

Addressing the media on Tuesday, Hodges said both performances have to be “a wakeup call” for the Horned Frogs. He also said TCU is “the laughingstock” of the college football world at this point.

“I guess you could say it’s a wakeup call. I don’t know how losing in the national championship by 60 isn’t a wakeup call, but right now we’re definitely the laughingstock of college football,” said Hodges. “The 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 kids’ defense and him getting all this slack. So, if it’s not a wakeup call, then I don’t know what it is.”

TCU linebacker Johnny Hodges: “I guess you could say it’s a wakeup call. I don’t know how losing in the national championship by 60 isn’t a wakeup call… but right now we’re definitely the laughingstock of college football.” pic.twitter.com/QY3k7mQlbv

— Mike Leslie (@MikeLeslieWFAA) September 5, 2023

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.