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FWST: TCU position outlook: Post-Doctson, options abound at receiver BY CARLOS MENDEZ [email protected] 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. Sept. 3 vs. South Dakota State at Amon G. Carter Stadium. There’s no Josh Doctson in the receiver group at TCU…

Daily Oklahoman: Why UConn should join BYU as Big 12’s best expansion candidates by Berry Tramel Yuta Ikeda ripped a drive off the first tee of the PGA Championship’s third round a few weeks ago in Springfield, N.J., and with the ball still in flight, a voice boomed loud and clear over the TNT telecast. Mike…

Northwest Arkansas News: Arkansas adds TCU transfer Zack Plunkett By Matt Jones FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas has added a two-way transfer from TCU. Junior Zack Plunkett (6-foot-2, 205 pounds) has joined the Razorbacks after playing on back-to-back College World Series teams with the Horned Frogs. Plunkett is a catcher and right-handed pitcher. He will likely have to redshirt…

DMN: Nationally ranked DeSoto names TCU pledge Shawn Robinson as its starting quarterback  By Greg Riddle Staff Writer Twitter:@DMNGregRiddle DeSoto coach Todd Peterman said in an email Monday night that TCU pledge Shawn Robinson has been named the team’s starting quarterback heading into Friday’s season opener against Jesuit. Robinson, a four-star recruit who transferred from Denton Guyer, had…

NMSU Quarterback Arrested, Another Leaves Program By Beau Bagley | [email protected] Tough news to swallow for New Mexico State Football fans today.  NMSU officials have confirmed to NC9 that transfer quarterback Tyler Matthews has left the Aggies program.  In an email to NC9, NMSU said that Matthews did not want to be a backup quarterback again.…

http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesports/2016/08/22/tcu-adds-michigan-kicker-andrew-david-transfer DMN: TCU adds Michigan kicker Andrew David in transfer By Grant McGalliard, Special contributor Twitter:@GrantMcGTCU TCU added their second Michigan transfer this offseason in sophomore kicker Andrew David, according to an Instagram from Wolverine offensive lineman Jon Runyan Jr. David didn’t see the field his freshman year at Michigan, but kicked a school record 58-yard…

FWST: TCU position outlook: Kyle Hicks takes his turn as the No. 1 back BY CARLOS MENDEZ [email protected] 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. Sept. 3 vs. South Dakota State at Amon G. Carter Stadium. TCU knew it would not…

FWST: TCU soccer already reaping rewards of preseason team-building BY CARLOS MENDEZ [email protected] With her team 2-0 for the first time in seven years, TCU goalkeeper Courtney Hofer has a good idea of what to credit — a team-building retreat. “That brought the whole group a lot closer together,” she said Monday during a Media Day…

FWST: TCU volleyball draws confidence from competitive NCAA showing BY CARLOS MENDEZ [email protected] Before the first volleyball match of 2016 is played, TCU can draw something from the last match of 2015. That it was right there with Hawaii, one of the best teams in the nation a year ago, in the NCAA tournament. “I was…

FWST: TCU adds Australian forward to men’s basketball program BY JIMMY BURCH [email protected] TCU added Kouat Noi, a 6-foot-7 power forward who is a native of Australia, to its basketball program Monday, coach Jamie Dixon announced. Noi, a consensus three-star prospect, played last season for Montverde Academy Prep in Montverde, Fla. and was the No. 19…