ESPN: TCU coach Gary Patterson hopes to live up to his own statue

FORT WORTH, Texas — How does Gary Patterson really feel about having a bronze statue of himself standing outside TCU’s Amon G. Carter Stadium? The head coach has a long, complex response to that question. Here’s a shorter answer.

“If I had to use one word,” Patterson said Tuesday, “I would tell you: hate.”

Not that Patterson is legitimately upset about the life-sized sculpture. He just wants to make it clear this honor was not something he wanted.

He’s not retired and he’s not dead, so he’s not all that comfortable with this. Patterson understands what kind of a statement a statue makes. …

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