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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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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…

FWST: TCU’s Patterson using social media to scout SDSU BY JIMMY BURCH [email protected] TCU coach Gary Patterson is well-aware that South Dakota State, the Horned Frogs’ opening-day opponent from the FCS ranks, is one of the nation’s top teams in that classification. The Jackrabbits are No. 8 in the FCS preseason poll and return 15 starters…

CSN Chicago: Why Jake Arrieta almost quit baseball By Patrick Mooney There were times Jake Arrieta felt like quitting baseball, wondering if this really was the best way to support his family as he bounced between the Baltimore Orioles and their Triple-A affiliate in Norfolk, Va. It wasn’t just his dream anymore. Arrieta had to think…

Akron Beacon-Journal: Browns rookie Derrick Kindred aiming for starting free safety job: ‘I want the spot bad’ By NATE ULRICH Browns rookie Derrick Kindred suddenly seems to be a contender to start at free safety. “I want the spot bad,” Kindred, a fourth-round draft pick from TCU, told the Beacon Journal on Tuesday. “It’s really what…