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August 2008
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Recently in TCU CategoryNo shockers here, but the Dallas Cowboys released four players today: CB Quincy Butler Butler, a TCU product, was injured for much of the preseason and faced improved corner depth. He could catch on elsewhere. Ottovegio showed some promise as a punter and kickoff man, but with Nick Folk at kicker and Mat McBriar at punter, there simply wasn't ... It's time to start talking college football and we have a lot for you. The season kicks off in less than a month. Texas A&M has a new starting QB. SMU has a new coach and outlook. Read about June Jones here and >> Continue reading: It's college football time TCU is the best team in the Mountain West Conference not from the State of Utah. Problem is both BYU and Utah also play in the MWC. Two-time defending conference football champion BYU was predicted to capture its third consecutive title in 2008 in a poll of media members. BYU was 11-2 overall and finished with a top 20 ranking in the final USA Today Coaches (t-14), Associated Press (14) and Harris (18) polls. Former TCU All-American Jake Arrieta and fellow former Horned Frog Eugene Espineli will be playing for the United States Olympic team in next month. TCU is the only school with two former players on the squad. "To be the only university with two players represented on the Olympic baseball team exemplifies the greatness of TCU and the development of players in our program over the years," said TCU head coach Jim Schlossnagle. <... Before he became the NFL MVP, LaDainian Tomlinson was a backup running back and kick returner for the TCU Horned Frogs as a sophomore in 1998. Now the San Diego Chargers star running back has been named to the 75th Anniversary All-Sun Bowl Team. TCU beat USC 28-19 in the 1998 Sun Bowl. It was the Horned Frogs' first bowl win in 41 years, dating back to a 28-27 victory over Jim Brown and Syracuse in the 1957 Cotton Bowl. ...The closer from the TCU baseball team is now a millionaire. Andrew Cashner, who just completed his junior year in Fort Worth, was the Chicago Cubs first round draft pick (19th overall), now he gets a $1.54 million signing bonus and $75,000 that will go toward finishing school. As part of the deal, the right-handed pitcher receives an invitation to the 2009 big league Spring Training camp in 2009. If the money is not ... If it wasn't enough that TCU safety Stephen Hodge is a preseason All-American and was named the state's top defensive back by Dave Campbell's Texas Football Magazine, he is now on the watch list for the 2008 Jim Thorpe Award, honoring the nation's top defensive back. He's also on the watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy which recognizes the nation's best defensive player. The senior from Tatum had eight sacks last season... TCU baseball is among the best in the country for a second straight season. Baseball America ranked the Horned Frogs at No. 23 in its final poll, while Collegiate Baseball ranked the Frogs 26th. The Frogs ended the year with a 44-19 record. The 44 wins were the second-most in school history. TCU won both Mountain West Conference titles for the third consecutive season. It was also the fifth straight NCAA Regional Tou... The SMU Mustangs will be seeing a lot of their regional rivals in the years to come. SMU Director of Athletics Steve Orsini announced future series with Baylor, TCU and North Texas. Navy and Stephen F. Austin also agreed to play the Mustangs. The Battle for the Iron Skillet will continue between SMU and TCU. Games are scheduled annually through 2017. The two teams have played annual since 1915, except for six seasons. They di... TCU has announced its 2008 TCU Lettermen's Association Hall of Fame Class. It's the 40th Anniversary of the TCU Lettermen's Association Hall of Fame. This year's inductees are swimmer Becky Brill, Olympic sprinter Beverly McDonald, football lineman W.C. Nix and defensive back Dr. John Richards and the 1938 TCU National Championship football team. The induction is October 2. Brill was a nine-time All-American selection... New TCU men's basketball coach Jim Christian has signed Dawson Community College forward Gregory Richardson. The 6-8 forward averaged 7.8 points and 8 rebounds a game. He had a team-high 13 blocked shots and had a 53.9 percent (76-of-141) field goal percentage. "We are very excited to have Greg join our team," said Christian. "He's a very long, athletic and versatile player as well as a very good student in the classroom. He's... TCU senior Joe Brown is the 2007-08 Mountain West Conference Male Student-Athlete of the Year. The honor came Tuesday from the league office. Brown graduated in May after posting a 3.68 grade point average, while earning an undergraduate degree in marketing and entrepreneurial management. He was a walk-on to the Horned Frogs' track and field team as a freshman in 2004-05, Brown closed out his collegiate career by winni... TCU assistant Sean Woods, a former Kentucky player, is the new head basketball coach at Mississippi Valley State University. He replaces James Green, who left earlier this year to become the coach at Jacksonville State in Alabama. Woods was hired by former TCU coach Neil Dougherty in August 2006 as director of basketball operations and was promoted to assistant coach last year. Before Fort Worth he was an assistant co... Former TCU Horned Frogs Virgil Hodge and Delwayne Delaney placed first overall in both the 100 and 200 meters for women and men, respectively, at the St. Kitts National Track & Field Championship and Olympic Qualifier this weekend. Hodge will represent St. Kitts in both events in Beijing. She ran the 100 meters in 11.39 seconds to place first overall. In the 200 meters, the six-time All-American crossed the finish line in 22.87 second... Three TCU football players have been named honorable-mention preseason All-Americans by The Sporting News. Linebacker Jason Phillips, safety Stephen Hodge and center Blake Schlueter received the honor. Phillips was also mentioned as a candidate for the Butkus Award, honoring the nation's top linebacker. Hodge was named a candidate for the Thorpe Award, given to the outstanding defensive back in the country. Phillips, H... TCU linebacker Robert Henson is marrying Sarah Jakes, normally something like that wouldn't be big news. But Jakes is the daughter of Bishop T.D. Jakes, the pastor at the mega-church The Potter's House. They're set to marry Saturday and some notables are invited: Dr. Phil McGraw, actor/director Tyler Perry, former Dallas Cowboys Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin and Deion Sanders, and Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert. Not a bad guest list.... Guard Kavon Rose has signed with the TCU men's basketball team; it's the second time he's signed with a college. He had signed a letter of intent to play at Oregon State, but was released from that after hiring of head coach Craig Robinson at OSU. Full release from TCU: TCU head men's basketball coach Jim Christian announced on Tuesday (June 17) that Detroit standout Kavon Rose (Detroit, Mich./Finney H.S.) has joined the Horn... It's been the home field to some of the top college football players in history: Sammy Baugh, Heisman winner Davey O'Brien, Jim Swink, Bob Lilly and most recently LaDainian Tomlinson and Aaron Schobel, now TCU's Among G. Carter Stadium is poised for renovation the school says will "create the 'Camden Yards' of collegiate football stadiums."
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The news came three days after the Horned Frogs ended their season with their sixth 14-16 record and their third sub par .500 season under Dougherty. Sunday, athletic dir... |
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