Less than 10 hours till the ball goes in the air, and let me tell you, I’m pumped.

Before we dive into Reason No. 1 on this game day, let me pay homage to some great TCU No. 1’s:

No. 1 Phillip Epps – speed on top of speed. Truly a great who was a threat to take it all the way any time he touched the ball;

No. 1 Billy Jones – a tough free safety from Baytown who knew his way around the pile. If he didn’t get to a play, his voice did. An underrated cover man on the 1984 Bluebonnet Bowl team who’d suit up tomorrow if they’d let him.

And finally … Reason No. 1.
This final reason was tough to come up with, and, at the same time, so apparent. What TCU Football is and what it represents now is so different from what it was 10 years ago and really different from 20 years ago.

TCU wins. Period. That’s the expectation, and there’s no substitute.

Digest the fact that there are now students entering TCU that don’t know anything in their lives but TCU winning. We’re going on 16 years of winning and the head man wants to keep it that way.

And he will.

Coach P is the driving force. His personality oozes through every wall, crack and person in the program.

And it means something to him. The Frogs have only been bowl-less on his watch one other time aside from 2013, and that was 2004.

In 2005, Coach P shifted gears, made adjustments and the Frogs began a run that resulted in back-to-back BCS bowls and a Rose Bowl win.

I believe 2013 set the stage for what will be another run that begins tomorrow at 6 p.m.

Coach P figures it out. The Frogs win. That’s the way it is. Just watch.

See you in a few hours at “The Carter.”

Did I say a few hours? Isn’t that great?!

Frog Walk starts at 3:30 p.m. Kickoff is at 6 p.m.

Kick ‘Em High!