links for 2007-07-24

July 23rd, 2007 § 3 comments

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  • GG says:

    I wish I were cool enough to get Bear Grylls to be my best friend. He rules.

  • A-Bo says:

    [Not Suitable for Anyone Other Thank Mid-Major Wonks] Thanks for posting the TCU link. I’ve been peddling the “no-quarterback-who-knows-what-will-happen” line all spring/summer but I finally have to admit that I think Marcus Jackson (SO, QB) will be awesome. He was great in the opener against Baylor (when Ballard was injured and Jackson led the team to a come from behind victory) and every other game he was in was more of a mop-up/game manager role, and thus his stats are a little low but they also do not include any mistakes managing those games. I believed Patterson when he said that a QB did not win the starting job out of spring (between Jackson and a red-shirt freshman) but the Sullum comment makes me think that Patterson did not announce a starter so that he can stress the underdog/us-against-the-world mantra which has always been his way of motivating the team. Remember, former coveted recruit, Jason Snead, back-up to Colt McCoy at UT, wanted to come to TCU but Patterson wouldn’t promise him a starting job (he ended up at Ole Miss). Also, Bomar wanted to come to TCU after the OU car dealership scandal but Patterson declined. I don’t think he’d let those guys go unless he knew he had talent in the pipeline. [My point is enervated by the fact that Patterson chose to go with an injured Ballard over a seemingly healthy Jackson in the back-to-back losses last year and I'm concerned that their revered QB coach retired last year.] I could go on about why I’m pumped about this season (see Aaron Brown, Tommy Blake) but I’ll just indulge myself by listing why I’m excited for each of the non-conference games: 9/1 Baylor (the Baylor coach gave each of its players a dog tag inscribed with “Baylor-TCU; Sept. 1, 2007; Beat the Frogs” which probably describes where TCU stands more than any other preseason report); 9/8 UT (maybe the biggest game for TCU since 1984 with possible exception of the Southern Miss game in 2005); 9/22 SMU (homecoming, TCU’s natural rival and the team I would like them to crush more than any other), 10/13 Stanford (in Nor Cal).

  • Hopp says:

    Borders, I share your excitement for the new college football season. Shame Michigan and TCU aren’t playing…maybe in a BCS game this year?

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