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FWST: TCU position outlook: Playmaking required from defensive backs BY CARLOS MENDEZ cmendez@star-telegram.com The Star-Telegram takes a look at the 2016 TCU football team position-by-position as the season approaches. The first game is at 7 p.m. Saturday vs. South Dakota State at Amon G. Carter Stadium. TCU returns three of its secondary starters from a year ago,…

AP: Big 12 no longer considering ECU, UNLV, New Mexico for expansion (AP) – East Carolina, UNLV and New Mexico are out of the Big 12’s expansion derby. Officials at each school said Wednesday that they were notified by the Big 12 that they are no longer being considered for membership. East Carolina spokesman Tom…

Cincinnati Enquirer: Finnegan’s development ‘exceptional’ this year C. Trent Rosecrans, crosecrans@enquirer.com ANAHEIM, Calif. — With each start here late in the season, Brandon Finnegan is proving not only to the Reds, but also to himself that he can be a starter in the future. His future role has been a question ever since he was drafted out…

DMN: 5 things TCU fans need to know about SDSU: Experience, talent make Jackrabbits no pushovers By Grant McGalliard, Special contributor Contact Grant McGalliardon Twitter:@GrantMcGTCU TCU opens its 2016 football season Saturday with an opponent it has never faced before. The South Dakota State Jackrabbits, from Brookings, S.D., will roll into town for a 7 p.m. game at Amon…

247 Sports: The battle for the Big 12 title will be a two-horse race Christian Corona The teams in the Big 12 can be thought of in three tiers — the two contenders, the six solid squads in the middle and the Kansas teams. Oklahoma is the heavy favorite to repeat as Big 12 champions,…

Denton Record-Chronicle: Women’s basketball: Guyer’s Heard commits to TCU By Adam Boedeker Staff Writer aboedeker@dentonrc.com At this time a year ago, the Guyer girls basketball program had never had a player commit to a Division I university. As of Wednesday afternoon, the Lady Wildcats have two. Senior point guard Lauren Heard joined former teammate Bre Wickware (Indiana)…

FWST: TCU position outlook: A year later, linebacker unit goes deeper BY CARLOS MENDEZ cmendez@star-telegram.com A year ago, TCU began the season with Sammy Douglas and Mike Freeze at linebacker. They ended it with a couple of safeties, Montrel Wilson and Travin Howard. A season-ending knee injury to Douglas and a departure for personal reasons in…

FWST: TCU matchup with South Dakota State offers intriguing subplots BY JIMMY BURCH jburch@star-telegram.com TCU vs. South Dakota State When, where: 7 p.m. Saturday, Among G. Carter Stadium TV: FSSW TCU, the top-ranked college football team from Texas in the preseason polls, begins its quest for a Big 12 championship and a College Football Playoff berth with Saturday’s…

FWST: TCU receiver Deanté Gray serves as reminder of highs and lows BY CARLOS MENDEZ cmendez@star-telegram.com After a year away from the game, Deanté Gray promised to take nothing for granted in his final season of college football. The TCU receiver spent months recovering from knee surgery. And it wasn’t that long ago that he was…

AP: No more Trill seeking: Kenny Hill prepares as TCU starter STEPHEN HAWKINS (AP Sports Writer) FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — When Kenny Hill first got to TCU, after a semester away from the big-college atmosphere, he thought his new teammates might have their own idea of ”Kenny Trill” – his quarterback alter ego who had a…