Before the beginning of this past football season I wrote an article that began by saying TCU was not getting any recognition as a BCS buster. While they might not have crashed the BCS party, it was still an exciting season, capping it all off with a 17-16 win against then-No. (0) comments
Senior kick-off specialist Drew Combs was honored with the 2008 College Football Rudy Award at the American Football Coaches Association Convention on Monday at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. Combs was awarded a trophy and a $5,000 scholarship by Rudy Ruettiger, whom the award is named for. (0) comments
After Friday's meet against the University of Utah, head coach Richard Sybesma said the H20 Frogs proved they will be a team to be reckoned with if they can consistently rise up to the occasion. The men's and women's teams faced the Utes on Friday night in the University Recreation Center. (0) comments
The Horned Frogs withstood the UNLV Lady Rebels' valiant effort at a comeback to win Saturday's game in Las Vegas 66-61. TCU (10-5, 2-0 Mountain West Conference) led from the start as the team found open shots on most of their early possessions. UNLV (7-8, 0-2 MWC) allowed TCU to shoot 42. (0) comments
For some, the end of fall sport (notice I said "sport") signals the beginning of a lull in their level of passion for college athletics. Sure, there were other sports in action during the fall semester, like volleyball, swimming and diving, soccer, tennis and golf, but we all know football reigns supreme in Texas, and that's no different here at our university. (2) comments
The Lady Horned Frog basketball team lost its claim to the top spot in the Mountain West on Tuesday with a 62-46 loss to the BYU Cougars. Turnovers and poor field goal shooting caused the loss. The Lady Frogs shot 22.4 percent from the field in the game and 18. (0) comments
For the 2008 national signing day, TCU concentrated on offensive recruits and filled needed positions, head football coach Gary Patterson said. The Horned Frogs signed 15 players on Wednesday, 10 offensive, four defensive and one kicker. Patterson said last year featured a big defensive class, so grabbing offensive players met the team's needs. (0) comments
The Lady Frogs will try to stretch its winning streak to four games this Saturday at San Diego State University. Head coach Jeff Mittie said even though the Frogs beat the Aztecs handily in the team's first meeting, he is not taking SDSU for granted. "In a conference where you play both teams twice, a lot of it depends on when you play people. (0) comments
Four and no more. The Horned Frogs used two big dunks by senior forward Alvardo Parker and 13 offensive rebounds to surge past San Diego State University 68-62 at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on Saturday. Parker delivered a dunk over SDSU junior standout Lorrenzo Wade with 10:04 to play in the second half, and another with one minute to play that all but sealed the victory for TCU (12-10, 4-5) to start the second go-round of conference play. (0) comments
The tennis team continued an undefeated season, knocking off the University of Texas at Arlington 7-0 and Abilene Christian University 6-0. "I think we played well today," head coach Dave Borelli said. "This is the way we should be playing." The pairs of senior Cosmin Cotet and junior Kriegler Brink and freshmen Zach Nichols and Jack Seider kept their undefeated streaks alive in doubles play. (0) comments
The women's swimming and diving team wrapped up its regular season with a loss to the University of North Texas on Wednesday night. North Texas beat TCU, 161-139, but the H2O Frogs won the 100-meter butterfly, 200-meter butterfly and the 400-meter individual medley. (0) comments
With a losing streak at four games and counting, the men's basketball team is facing a must-win game at home Saturday against the San Diego State Aztecs, the head coach said. The Horned Frogs come home after an 83-72 road loss Thursday to Brigham Young University, the current leader in the Mountain West. (0) comments
The women's swimming and diving team wrapped up its regular season with a loss to the University of North Texas on Wednesday night, and the conference championships are next on its schedule. UNT beat TCU, 161-139, and the team fell to 6-8 on the year, finishing 2-6 in conference. (0) comments
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