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ESPN: Time off before TCU transfer helped QB Kenny Hill learn from failure Max Olson ESPN Staff Writer FORT WORTH, Texas – Kenny Hill needed the lull. TCU coach Gary Patterson knew that from the start. So he made Hill wait. This was a 20-year-old fresh off a public and painful breakup with Texas A&M, one who’d gone…

Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Jacks hit the field at new stadium Matt Zimmer, mzimmer@argusleader.com The South Dakota State football players know that, soon enough, some important decisions will be made. There will be new starters at cornerback, on the offensive line, and at least one linebacker spot. And, of course, the battle for the starting…

Maddux Sports: 2016 TCU Horned Frogs Football Preview Last year, the Texas Christian Horned Frogs entered the season as a top five team and a playoff contender. The Horned Frogs entered November undefeated but road losses to the two Oklahoma schools cost them the Big 12 title and a spot in the playoffs after a…

FWST: Most popular TollTag is TCU – not Dallas Cowboys, nor Texas A&M BY GORDON DICKSON gdickson@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH – TCU is ranked No. 1. No, we’re not talking about the latest college football poll. (The AP preseason poll has the Horned Frogs in seventh place.) We’re talking TollTags. Texas Christian University is by far the most popular specialized TollTag…

FWST: TCU Horned Frogs debut at No. 14 in USA Today Coaches Poll BY CARLOS MENDEZ cmendez@star-telegram.com TCU is ranked 14th in the Amway USA Today Coaches Poll, the Horned Frogs’ ninth preseason ranking in 11 years. The Horned Frogs were No. 7 in the final poll last season after going 11-2. They return 13 starters (six…

FWST: TCU’s Cumbie will look at more than numbers in quarterback race BY CARLOS MENDEZ cmendez@star-telegram.com The toughest job in TCU’s fall camp might belong to Sonny Cumbie. He has to choose the next quarterback. “I’m excited by the challenge of it,” the Horned Frogs co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach said Wednesday, a day before the…

ESPN: TCU QB battle between Kenny Hill, Foster Sawyer ’50-50,’ says co-OC Max Olson ESPN Staff Writer FORT WORTH, Texas – TCU coach Gary Patterson has a deadline in mind for deciding his quarterback battle between Kenny Hill and Foster Sawyer. Patterson said Wednesday during TCU’s preseason media day he’ll name his starter around 10 days before the Horned Frogs’…

Today’s Knuckleball: Tyler Alexander should be on everyone’s radar ByWayne Cavadi Some pitchers are known as power pitchers. They are massive specimens who seemingly are armed with actual cannons on their shoulders and fire untouchable heat at the batter. Other pitchers are diminutive, standing under 6-foot, and seemingly fool batters and scouts alike with a…

247 Sports: Underrated nationally, TCU slowly starting to shed underdog role Chris Hummer Four years into its grand Big 12 experiment, TCU is among the nation’s elite in terms of on-field success. The Horned Frogs’ 23 combined wins over the past two seasons tops the Big 12 and is behind only Alabama, Clemson and Ohio…

DMN: 5 takeaways from TCU’s reporting day news conference: Latest on QB battle, the ‘good problem’ facing Horned Frogs By Grant McGalliard, Special contributor With TCU opening fall camp, local media were granted access to several players and coordinators before the Frogs took the field. Quarterbacks Foster Sawyer and Kenny Hill were available to the press for…