This take is always fun. I don’t disagree but that’s football. They won the game end of story. TCU made the plays and Michigan didn’t. Also TCU turned it over 3 times too people tend to forget.
Semantics but so is the 'they beat a team last year that won a national title this year' like ISU beating TCU this past season was good because TCU was the national runner up the year prior.
One season to the next might have lots of returning players but it's an entirely different season with different circumstances, some reloaded positions, etc.
It's why people getting hung up on the 2021 ISU season as some sort of missed opportunity is overplayed. You don't just beat a team in a season because you beat them the year prior, or the program has been bad.