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DFW Pickem: What We’re Playing For
I now have the grand prize for the DFW Pickem. I wanted to wait until I had it in hand before I made the announcement. Now, with about three weeks or so left, I will give you a little incentive. We are playing for an autographed copy of Bob Lilly’s book A Cowboy’s Life. That’s right, Bob signed it last night, and it will be the grand prize for the winner of the DFW Pickem. I have some other prizes to throw in, but the big one is the book.
Check out the write up that I did for Pegasus News. I will post pics I took of the event in a few more days on my flickr page. As soon as I have everything up, I will post the link.
Pardon the Silence
The last time I wrote a post here at CFTT, I was watching TCU’s BCS dream go down the drain as they came within a short slant with a few seconds left in the fourth quarter from beating Utah in Salt Lake City. That night I wrote a post about how the head coaching carousel was beginning to spin, or as I put it last week, the dominoes are beginning to fall. I alluded to the possible Gary Patterson rumors that night, and little did I know there would be this huge story the following morning about Coach Patterson jumping ship to Kansas State which, of course, turned out to be completely false. A lot has happened, but I wasn’t able to write because I had a stomach virus. I will spare you the details, but I did not feel well at all. Therefore, I was silent.
For those of you in the Fort Worth area, don’t forget that Bob Lilly will be signing copies of his book Thursday night at Borders Books in Fort Worth from 7 PM until 9 PM.
Dominoes are Beginning to Fall
The dominoes are beginning to fall in the college football coaching world. The meri-go-round will commence this month as teams scramble to find the next coach for their program. It seems like it gets earlier and earlier every year. With the firing of Tommy Bowden and Clemson in mid season, it may have. Gone to is Tommy Tuberville’s Offensive Coordinator Tony Franklin from Auburn. Some think that good ole double T is next.
To add to the chaos, when a team hires a new coach, that leaves a vacancy as well. Therefore, there will be multiple vacancies available at season’s end. Washington canned Tyornne Willingham after four seasons. Phillip Fulmer announced the other day that he was stepping down at Tennessee after the year is over. And on it goes. Ron Prince at Kansas State, out. Akron coach Lee Owens, out. According to Football Rumor Mill, coaches at Syracuse, San Diego State, Idaho and UTEP are rumored on the hot seat.
Of course, there are names flying all over the place including former Oakland Raiders head coach Lane Kiffin. TCU fans will have to endure the Gary Patterson rumors as his team may be two wins from a possible BCS Bowl bid. It will be interesting to see how it all turns out.
Metroplex Monday: UNT Gets First Win
You can check out my write up at Pegasus News here.
And thus, I will start with UNT. It has been a tough year for the Mean Green, and one win over a team stuck between Division I and I AA will not erase all of the damage. However, it gives a much need jolt of confidence and momentum into a program that has face all kinds of adversity this year. Ironically, it came the Saturday after it was revealed that 15 players tested positive for recreational drugs. (Incedentally, it also came right after I wrote an article on how to turn around the Mean Green football team this year. Maybe Coach Dodge read the article and used my advice.)
The offense got 51 points and the defense got 4 turnovers including a 97 yard INT returned for a TD by Tobe Nwigwe. Even though the defense gave up 40 points, they had several big plays to preserve the victory. This doesn’t mean that that UNT will rally and win the rest of their games, but a win in the remaining games gets them back to last year’s 2-10 record. And, considering all of the problems that this team has faced this year, that doesn’t look so bad right now.
UNT 51, Western Kentucky 40
TCU
What can I say about the Frogs? They went in to Vegas to play a tough and gritty UNLV team who has given teams fits and knocked off Arizona State in Tempe earlier this year. I thought it might be hard-fought since TCU has the Utah game coming up. Never mind. The Frogs dominated the game 44-14, and right now, look like they might be the best of the non BCS schools. I guess we’ll find out on Thursday night as they travel to Salt Lake City, UT to play the Running Utes. Utah, however, struggled on the road against New Mexico to win 13-10. Find a way to watch that game Thursday night. TCU is on a roll.
SMU was idle.
What are they saying?
UNT
Brett Vito–Denton Record-Chronicle
Brett Vito–Denton Record-Chronicle
TCU
