IT IS TIME
October 5, 2016
It seems that just yesterday we were talking about the beginning of TCU’s football season. I remember thinking how once that first game comes, the rest of the season goes very quickly.
Suddenly, here we are at week six — halfway done with the regular season. Time flies.
Time. That reminds me of a song. Last week we heard from Rod Stewart. Today we visit 1967. Enjoy The Chambers Brothers and their song, “Time Has Come Today.” Give it a listen. I bet you recognize it.
For the Frogs, it’s time to go on the road for real. To Lawrence, Kansas. The land of Dorothy, Toto and the yellow brick road. Rock Chalk, Allen Field House and Memorial Stadium.
Time for the stretch drive in the Big 12. And time to play a complete game.
We’ve seen flashes of brilliance from this TCU team on its way to a 3-2 start. And we saw the 2nd and 3rd quarters from last week’s game against Oklahoma. Not to take anything away from OU, as the Sooners looked like the team we’ve been expecting all season in the middle two quarters last weekend. And then a near-miracle climb out of a huge hole. Much to learn from that OUting.
My old TCU coach, Jim Wacker, used to hang a sign in the Frogs’ locker room that said simply “IT IS TIME” next to a big red dot. It was everywhere, and the reminder served as an alarm, an alert that the game was on.
Same for the Frogs this week. They need to dial it in, and as Coach P said yesterday, “Pay attention to detail.” Seven opportunities for wins await, and just like medicine, they’re to be taken one dose at a time. One at a time.
And it all starts Saturday at Kansas, just below that big Campanile (means bell tower), built to honor 277 KU alumni, students and faculty/staff who died in World War II. It stands watch over Memorial Stadium and chimes out the time of day. Time.
More on the Jayhawks on Friday. Until then,
Kick ‘Em High!
About Extra Points with John Denton
John Denton has been the color analyst for the TCU Sports Network from IMG since 1988. A former standout for the Horned Frog football team, Denton went from walk-on to a four-year lettermen as a kicker and punter for the Purple and White from 1981-84 and completed his career at the 1984 Bluebonnet Bowl. Shown here with his former coach, the late Jim Wacker, Denton currently serves as the Associate Athletics Director for Athletics Alumni Relations & Executive Director of the Block T Association.
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Hey Goose. I remember those days brother. 1984 was a magical year for all of us…
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