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September 30, 2016

Oklahoma is Coming to the Carter

October is here, and the cooler weather makes me think I’m in Laguna Beach, or Dana Point or Newport Beach … pick a spot. I love this time of year and the great weather telling us that it’s seriously football season. And I mean seriously. OU’s coming to town. The Frogs are back in the

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September 27, 2016

On the Intersection of Life and Sports

Rod Stewart’s “Maggie Mae” is one of my favorite songs. There’s a line in it that says, “It’s late September and I really should be back at school.” As I thought about where we sit on the calendar and on the football schedule, with game five coming, “late September” made me think of the song. If

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

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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