Two weeks before the Alamo Bowl, USC got its best news of the bowl season: Star quarterback Jayden Maiava was forgoing the NFL draft to stay in L.A. for another year. Two days later, TCU's star quarterback, Josh Hoover, delivered his own announcement: He was entering the transfer portal. Those two decisions will have the teams in drastically different places on offense.
Briles, a longtime offensive coordinator, has been at TCU since 2023, following stints at Arkansas, Florida State, Houston, FAU and Baylor. The 2015 Broyles Award finalist mentored TCU quarterback Josh Hoover, who set a school record last year with 3,949 yards passing with 27 touchdowns and 11 interceptions as the Horned Frogs ranked eighth nationally in passing offense at 312.9 yards a game.