Category: Sports

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…

49ers.com: Jeremy Kerley Offers ‘Quick, Shifty’ Play-maker to 49ers WR Group Joe Fann Team Reporter 49ers.com The San Francisco 49ers busy week of roster moves included a player-for-player swap with the Detroit Lions. San Francisco sent guard Brandon Thomas to Detroit in exchange for wide receiver Jeremy Kerley. “Jeremy gives us some depth as a slot receiver,” offensive…

Sioux Falls Argus Leader: TCU goes from also-ran to Big 12 power Matt Zimmer, [email protected] The Texas Christian football program can be considered a Division I power in today’s college football landscape. They’ve won 23 games in the last two years, had eleven 10-win seasons since 2000, appeared in three BCS Bowls since 2009 and even…

DMN: ‘Trill’ is gone, but ex-Aggies QB Kenny Hill is back By Eddie Sefko, Staff Writer Twitter:@ESefko FORT WORTH — Kenny Hill will usher in a new era at TCU on Saturday in the season opener against South Dakota State. Replacing a quarterback of Trevone Boykin’s caliber is never easy. But then, not much has been easy…

FWST: TCU icon will miss eagerly anticipated Arkansas game BY [big steaming pile] [email protected] There is not a person in Fort Worth who wants to see Arkansas play against TCU in Fort Worth more than Frank Windegger, but that will not be happening. Frank will still be able watch Frogs and Hogs on Sept. 10, but from his…

FWST: TCU’s Iloka still seeking full-speed return from injury BY JIMMY BURCH [email protected] TCU coach Gary Patterson said safety Kenny Iloka is the only player among a group of six notable names who missed all or most of last season with injuries who has not gotten back to full speed in his rehabilitation work. Iloka, listed…

FWST: TCU takes committee approach to kicking duties BY JIMMY BURCH [email protected] TCU coach Gary Patterson said Tuesday that he plans to open the season with a committee approach to his kicking duties while projected starting kicker Jonathon Song is sidelined by an injury. Song, a sophomore, is expected to miss at least the first two…

http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/college-confidential-blog/article98870392.html#storylink=cpy FWST: Patterson says three TCU walk-ons will soon have scholarships BY JIMMY BURCH [email protected] TCU coach Gary Patterson plans to elevate three longtime walk-on players to scholarship status in the near future. The list includes deep snapper Matt Boggs, safety Michael Downing and center Garrett Altman. All three are juniors this season and all three…

FWST: TCU’s Patterson sees South Dakota State ahead, not big picture BY CARLOS MENDEZ [email protected] The media poll has TCU second in the Big 12. ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit made the Horned Frogs a sleeper College Football Playoff pick. To the experts, it looks as though it’s either Oklahoma or TCU as the season starts Saturday. But not…

247 Sports: Josh Doctson makes important announcement Jamie Oakes Washington Redskins first-round pick Josh Doctson missed mandatory OTAs and all of training camp with tendonitis in his foot. The rookie out of TCU has been on the Physically Unable to Perform list. It appears that’s about to change. Doctson, after working out with trainers at Redskins Park…