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TCU 2011 Outlook– the Schedule
The Frogs open 2011 with a pair of very similar road games. Both come against familiar foes—Baylor has played TCU three times since 2006, including last year's "game" in Fort Worth. Air Force has been a conference opponent for seven years running. Both opponents feature senior quarterbacks,...
TCU 2011 Outlook-- Passing Attack
The Purple Wimple preview of TCU, part one: the quarterbacks, receivers, and tight ends (o-line to be previewed with the running game, in the next post). Take Pachall did a lot more rushing than passing in 2010. off the number one,...
Boise State 2011 Outlook
Boise State (which, I have it on good authority, is not pronounced Boy-zee, but Boy-see) looked briefly like it was going to undergo a fairly extensive turnover in offensive coaches this offseason, possibly complicating its coronation as the new Mountain West hegemon. Brent Pease, who coached...
New Mexico 2011 Outlook
As far as the Wimple is aware, the only news outlets that regularly pay more-than-twitterable attention to the New Mexico Lobos have retreated behind pay walls. Therefore this preview is only a preview of those slivers of the spring drills that have drawn notice from the school newspaper—the Daily...
Louisiana Monroe 2011 Outlook
The Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks have played football as a junior college since the depression, winning the JUCO 1935 national title. ULM began play as a four year college in early '50s, and won the 2A title in 1987, seven years before jumping into 1A. Although the Warhawks have never bowled, they...
2011 San Diego State Outlook
For the first time in as long as I've been paying attention to college football, San Diego State's questions and worries are not centered on its running game. Rather, its attention is focused on new starters on the sideline, not the field. Five new coaches are on the scene following Brady Hoke's...
2011 Air Force Outlook
First in the spring series of previews of each of TCU’s opponents (in the order they complete spring drills) is the Air Force Academy. Come 2011, AFA may feature its best offense in a generation, given the amount of returning experience it will have on that side of the ball. Four starting...
Spring Questions
A few key questions that TCU and each of its D-1A opponents look to answer this spring. Air Force- Will Ken Lamendola, out for most of two seasons with injuries, reclaim a starting role at linebacker? And who's going to replace Reggie Rembert and Anthony Wright in the secondary? Baylor- Skipping...
Mountain West 2010 Retrospective: the Peaks
Peaks has to be plural, because in the conference, Utah beat 'em all too, except TCU. Both teams featured game-changing return men (Smithson and Kerley were first and second in the conference, first and 15th nationally in punt returns) and entered the season favorites to win the conference and...
Mountain West 2010 Retrospective: The Middle’uns
Air Force, San Diego State, and BYU each beat all of the four bottom feeders in the conference. What San Diego State, BYU, and Air Force could not do was beat TCU or Utah, and that is what made them all "middle'uns" in 2010. AFA and SDSU would tell you they also both beat BYU, but the record...
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