FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Gary Patterson wore a different color purple in his return to his alma mater.

“I think the glamour of being a Kansas State alumni has wore off a little bit after a couple of the names that I was called last year standing on the sideline,” the 14th-year TCU coach said. “Some of them forgot I was an alumnus of the place.”

Just imagine what K-State fans will call Patterson if his No. 6 Horned Frogs (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) win at home Saturday night against the conference-leading Wildcats. The game has huge implications on who could win the league title and in the race for a spot in the new four-team College Football Playoff.

Kansas State (7-1, 5-0) sits atop the Big 12, but the No. 9 Wildcats trail TCU in the AP poll and in the playoff rankings.