Note: As part of our offseason coverage, we're exploring reasons for optimism and pessimism for each area college football team heading into the 2019 season. When it comes to identifying the most bizarre seasons of Gary Patterson’s 19-year tenure as TCU head coach, 2018 is sure to rank near the top.And that’s not just because of the team’s 10-7 overtime win over Cal in the Cheez-It Bowl, a game that in no time was heralded as one the most beautiful disasters the tradition-rich sport of college football has ever seen.There were high hopes -- accompanied by a No.