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DMN: Kenny Hill’s penalized gesture was religious symbol, not throat slash, TCU coach Patterson says By Grant McGalliard , Special contributor @GrantMcGTCU TCU quarterback Kenny Hill was making a religious gesture rather than a throat-slash taunt when he was penalized on Saturday against Arkansas, Horned Frogs head coach Gary Patterson said. The gesture means “Rising King”…

Des Moines Register: Iowa State trying to avoid bad history  Andrew Logue, [email protected] AMES, Ia. — There are two types of history: The type fans embrace and embellish, and the type players and coaches try to avoid. For coach Matt Campbell and the Iowa State football team, this week is about avoidance. The Cyclones have not…

FWST: Patterson: Hill celebration gesture was part of religious belief By Carlos Mendez [email protected] Quarterback Kenny Hill’s celebration gesture in the end zone was part of his religious belief, TCU coach Gary Patterson said, and something he would have liked to have known about before the game. “If he wants to do something like that,…

The Gazette: Iowa State notes: Hakeem Butler questionable, Nigel Tribune available against TCU Dylan Montz The Gazette Redshirt freshman receiver Hakeem Butler, who suffered an apparent leg injury late in the fourth quarter against Iowa, is questionable to play against TCU. He didn’t practice Sunday. “I watched it on the way home. It looked really…

Des Moines Register: Peterson: No change, for now, on Iowa State’s depth chart Randy Peterson, [email protected] AMES, Ia. — So it doesn’t sound like Matt Campbell plans to majorly shake up his Iowa State football depth chart, as he insinuated could happen after Saturday night’s loss against Iowa at Kinnick Stadium. Unless stuff goes really bonkers this…

NBC Sports: Bret Bielema calls TCU fans’ booing of Hogs LB Brooks Ellis “a very sick moment” By Zach Barnett One of the strange side effects of the hurry-up era of college football is that every defensive injuries must now be treated with suspicion. The entire gambit behind the hurry-up is to play so fast that…

AP: Cyclones faced with quarterback controversy after 0-2 start By LUKE MEREDITH AMES, Iowa (AP) — It was apparent after Iowa State’s opener that the Cyclones will struggle to run the ball this season. The Cyclones can’t seem to throw it much, either, an issue that has plunged the program into a quarterback controversy just two…

Mason City Globe-Gazette: Iowa State will stick with Lanning at quarterback DYLAN MONTZ For The Globe Gazette AMES — Where Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell left the discussion on his starting quarterback, any talk of changes in signal caller this week are unlikely to go any further. Joel Lanning is your guy. “I don’t…

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Frogs fan bares knuckles, retreats in defeat By Wally Hall An obnoxious TCU fan rapped his knuckles on the press box glass for about the 10th time and pointed at the scoreboard with 2:05 to play. Earlier, in vain, it was explained to the fan that we were working. He didn’t hear us,…

FWST: Patterson: TCU defense better, but still ‘bit out of control’ By Carlos Mendez [email protected] The TCU defense improved its tackling from Week 1 to Week 2 but is still playing “a little bit out of control,” coach Gary Patterson said. “Great defenses play quick, but they don’t look out of control,” Patterson said Monday during…