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SMU Trevone Boykin

September 23, 2016

On SMU, Old and New

Dallas, here we come! The big purple caravan from Fort Worth will be rolling down the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike (that’s what they used to call I-30 before 1978 – you actually had to pay a toll to drive between Dallas and Fort Worth, and you handed the attendant at the toll gate 35 cents – no toll

September 21, 2016

96 Years of the Battle for the Iron Skillet

For the second time in three weeks, the Frogs’ schedule has a SWC feel as they travel to Dallas to take on SMU for the 96th time. That’s a lot of history. The Frogs and Mustangs first met in 1915. Along the way, there have been some great games and some interesting stories. Pull up

TCU ISU, Hell's Half Acre

September 16, 2016

TCU ready to open Big 12 play against Iowa State

Happy Homecoming, Frogs! And happy Parents Weekend, too. Couldn’t we find one other major event to pile on this one weekend? Game tickets are scarce. After a long summer and much anticipated beginning to football season that we never thought would get here, today we find ourselves at Game 3. 25 percent done with the

TCU huddle

September 14, 2016

TCU-Arkansas: A blood pressure check

Here’s your mid-week oil check, Frog Fans! Or should I say, “blood pressure check.” That was a wild one last Saturday night against Arkansas – it had just about everything. And the emotional swings were like riding the old Comet Coaster at the State Fair of Texas: High speed and lots of ups and downs

TCU Flag, TCU east side stands

September 9, 2016

John Denton Breaks Down the Razorbacks

There is something special about a Friday during football season before a big home game. Vendors are busy setting up on campus. The field at Amon G. Carter has a fresh coat of paint (Love those purple end zones!), and you can feel the build-up and countdown to kickoff. It should be a great Saturday.

TCU Arkansas

September 7, 2016

The return of our old foe, Arkansas

It’s hump day … … and that means we’re about to get rolling downhill toward Saturday and a reunion with an old SWC foe: Arkansas. Finally, the Frogs get to play Arkansas – the last former member of the Southwest Conference that TCU hasn’t played in football since the conference went away in 1995. In the