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Spring 1999

Spring 1999: Riff Ram

Serious fans. Whether watching the men’s or women’s basketball teams, Frog fans were not disappointed, though the men’s 19-9 record was down from their undefeated conference record a year ago. Both squads earned berths for WAC Tournament play, the women earning their first postseason victory ever, against the UTEP Miners. Kidding around. Some 70 student

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Spring 1999

Fran talk

Fresh from the Sun Bowl, Coach Dennis Franchione was honored by the Fort Worth City Council on Jan. 19 — which was proclaimed TCU Horned Frog Day — in honor of the victory.

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Winter 1998

Winter 1998: Riff Ram

More than a winning 6-5 record (much better than predicted) returned to the football program and Amon Carter Stadium. The efforts of Coach Fran (right) and the team led to a Sunbowl invitation in El Paso on New Year’s Eve, the first bowl game since the 1994 Independence Bowl. On your mark Get set, the

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Fall 1998

Fall 1998: Riff Ram

Amen Senior 800-meter distance dynamo Khadevis Robinson is the product of strict, church-going parents. Saying an extended grace before a meal with a friend, Robinson matter-of-factly said, “God has been very good to me; I have to pray.” The homage must have paid off: TCU’s men sent just eight runners to nationals in June; all

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Summer 1998

Summer 1998: Riff Ram

The Natural ending Now, this was a ballgame: The score was tied 7-7, bottom of the ninth, two outs, two strikes and the Frog’s go-to slugger, senior right fielder Chris Connally was at the plate. And Mighty Casey didn’t strike out to end the annual April Battle at the Ballpark. Instead, as Texas Coach Augie

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Spring 1998

25 years after Title IX

A quarter century since the enactment of Title IX, the civil rights legislation calling for equal athletic opportunities for men and women student athletes, it is clear that Lady Frogs have come a long way — but the finish line is still a ways off.

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