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2011 SEC Power Poll: The Final Verdict
Having stirred up a little controversy with my final BlogPoll ballot, I now turn to the task of casting the campaign’s ultimate SEC Power Poll ballot, secure in the knowledge that this is the last time I will do so for a twelve-team Southeastern Conference: 1. Alabama Crimson Tide (12-1): Yes,...
TCU 2011 Outlook-- Defense
Gary Patterson's defenses have been the stingiest in the nation three years running; to claim a fourth consecutive title, TCU's redshirt freshmen in the secondary will have to grow up fast, and the new starters on the defensive line will have to live up to their billing. All of this uncertaintly...
TCU 2011 Outlook- Rushing Attack
Aside from the obvious replacement issues that face the Frog offense at quarterback and wide receiver, perhaps the most pressing part of the present rebuild is on the offensive line. Starters gone are Rimington winner Jake Kirkpatrick at center, draftee and cancer-survivor Marcus Cannon at left...
TCU 2011 Outlook-- Passing Attack
The Purple Wimple preview of TCU, part one: the quarterbacks, receivers, and tight ends (o-line to be previewed with the running game, in the next post). Take Pachall did a lot more rushing than passing in 2010. off the number one,...
On Patterson's 4-2-5
Dedfischer posted a very interesting analysis of TCU's defense, the product of Gary Patterson's fertile defensive imagination. A few comments and amplifications: Dedfischer is correct to focus on the performance of the defensive line. Perhaps the performance of no other unit on the team better...
TCU 38, Air Force 7
The Air Force Falcons continued their now-venerable tradition of collapsing against TCU when playing in Fort Worth. The Frogs doubled up the Falcons in almost every statistical category. Jordan Eason chop blocked TCU tackle Kelly Griffin, breaking his ankle...
Opponent Preview: WYOMING [updated]
The Cowboys are one of the four Mountain West teams to have beaten TCU-- it happened in Laramie in 2007. But Wyoming has never even been competitive with the Frogs in Fort Worth. Saturday will be no exception. Former linebacker Gabe Knapton has become a...
TCU 27, Colorado State 0
So this is what it's like to be so good that you're good even when you're not good. Got it? Good. TCU took its act on the road for the first time, really, this season. And it learned again how it is (always) true that a team must travel with more intensity than it plays with at home. After...
Opponent Preview: COLORADO STATE
Cutting through the crap, Colorado State was b—a—d for the first three weeks of this season. Through three losses to Colorado, Nevada, and Miami of Ohio, the Rams averaged under 43 ground yards, under seven points, over two net turnovers per game, offensively, and gave up, on average, over 412...
Heating the Iron Skillet
From YouPlusDallas.com comes this video about the latest Battle for the Iron Skillet. Enjoy. Something wonderful is happening for college football in the Metroplex, and I don’t mean TCU’s potential move to the Big East. (More on that only if it actually happens.) What I mean is that the local...
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