2019 Horned Frog Football Week 14: TCU-West Virginia Gameday Information

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Game 12 (final regular-season game) of the 2019 TCU Football Season: TCU Horned Frogs (5-6, 3-5) versus West Virginia (4-7, 2-6): Friday, November 29, 2019, at 3:15 pm (Central), Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas; TV: ESPN (TV talent: Brian Custer and Robert Smith); Radio -- WBAP 820 AM, KTCU 88.7, Sirius 113, XM 200 (Radio Talent: Brian Estridge, John Denton, Landry Burdine); Spanish Radio: KFZO 99.1 (Radio Talent: Miguel Cruz, Elvis Gallegos).

• It is Senior Day! TCU's senior players will be honored, beginning at 3 pm.
• In honor of Black Friday, it will be a Black Out at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
• Members of TCU's 1998 Sun Bowl championship team will be honored at halftime. The Frogs, behind a dominating Gary Patterson-designed defense, defeated USC, 28-19, in the Sun. That victory has been credited with establishing the foundation on which the past 21 years of TCU football success has been built. Read an article about the game: here
• Postgame fireworks show.

ESPN College GameDay Week 14: ESPN GameDay will be in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the first time, on Saturday, November 30, for the game between No. Minnesota  and No. Wisconsin in TCF Bank Stadium. The game kicks off at 2:30 pm Central. ABC is broadcasting the game. The winner of the game receives Paul Bunyon's Axe and will play Ohio State in the Big 12 Championship game on December 7. During the college football season, GameDay airs live on ESPN on Saturdays, from 8 to 11 am Central. GameDay features Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Desmond Howard, David Pollack and Maria Taylor.

TCU Gameday Information: here 

TCU-West Virginia Game Hype Video: here

TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson Talks about West Virginia: here

West Virginia Head Coach Neal Brown Talks about TCU: here

TCU-West Virginia Game Watching Party Locations: here
 

Fan Experience at Amon G. Carter Stadium:

• Because of construction on the east side of the stadium, Frog Alley has moved to the area in front of Schollmaier Arena.
• Beer is sold at all concession stands throughout Amon G. Carter Stadium, when gates open (two hours before kickoff), until the start of the fourth quarter. All beer is $7 and sold in aluminum bottles.
• Available selections include Coors Light, Miller Lite, SOL, Revolver and Henry’s Hard Sparkling Water, along with other local brands depending on demand up to a total of eight brands. Each person can purchase two beers maximum per transaction.
• In keeping with industry safety standards and due to the adaption of public beer sales, there is a new No Re-entry policy. If a patron needs to leave during the course of the game due to a medical situation, two gates will be open to accommodate this need. Gate 4 on the west and Gate 9 on the east side. Patrons will need to be scanned out so their ticket can be used for re-admission. Fans who leave Amon G. Carter during the game will need a new ticket to re-enter.
• There are six beer carts, three on the upper concourse and three on the lower concourse.
• There are beverage-only lines at the concession stands.
• New Designated Driver program. There are four stands around the stadium where fans can make a pledge not to drink alcohol and receive a free Pepsi product at any concession stand.
• Pre-game Happy Hour Concessions. Starting when the gates open and going until 30 minutes before kickoff, there will be special prices on some concession items inside the stadium, including: 44 oz Pepsi, $3; large popcorn, $3; peanuts, $3; nachos, $2.25; hot dog, $2; and $2 off all beer.
• Before the frogs run onto the field, fans will see them getting hyped up thanks to new pregame tunnel cameras.
• There is a new north-end videoboard, with a state-of-the-art sound system in Amon G. Carter Stadium. The videoboard measures 108-feet-by-48-feet. There also are new speakers in new locations throughout the stadium.
• Construction continues, with completion scheduled for the 2020 season, on the stadium's $100-million premium seating expansion. The project includes two levels of luxury seating above the current upper deck on the east side of the stadium. There will be a new Legends Club, 22 new suites, 48 loge boxes, over 1,000 club seats and two private clubs. These enhancements are the first since the $164-million rebuild of Amon G. Carter Stadium was completed in 2012.
• New timeout clocks allow fans to monitor the length of TV timeouts during the game. The new clocks will be located on the sideline.
• New grab-and-go convenience stores are located around the stadium, with new food options.
• Several giant cooling fans have been added to the concourses.
• There is a new Social Media Center at The Carter. Interact at the social photo booth, meet and take pictures with special guests and post on social media.
• There are new Fanthology Food Carts, offering new food options, including milkshakes, loaded waffle fries, chicken wings, street tacos and nachos.
• There are some new food vendors in the stadium and in Frog Alley. They include Dwell Coffee & Biscuits, Señor Matador’s Tacos, Rudy’s BBQ, and Austin City Tacos.
• Riff Ram App: Available in the Apple App Store or in Google Play. 

TCU's Previous Game: This is TCU’s 12th and final game of the 2019 season. The Frogs' previous game was a 28-24 loss, to then-No. 9 Oklahoma, in Norman, Oklahoma, on Saturday, November 23. 

West Virginia's Previous Game: This is West Virginia's 12th and final game of the 2019 season. On Saturday, November 23, West Virginia lost, 20-13, to Oklahoma State, in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Previous TCU-West Virginia Game: On November 10, 2018, West Virginia defeated TCU, 47-10, in Morgantown, West Virginia. 

TCU-West Virginia Rivalry: 

• TCU and West Virginia joined the Big 12 together on July 1, 2012.
• TCU and West Virginia have met eight times on the football field. Each team has four wins.
• TCU and West Virginia first met in the 1984 Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston, Texas. The Mountaineers won that game, 31-14. It was TCU's first bowl game since 1965. The Frogs were in the Southwest Conference. The Mountaineers were a football Independent.
• Since the two teams have been in the Big 12, they have met seven times. TCU has won four of those contests. 
• TCU is 2-2 versus the Mountaineers in Morgantown, 2-1 in Fort Worth, and 0-1 at neutral sites.
• TCU head coach Gary Patterson is 4-3 versus West Virginia.

TCU-West Virginia Connections:

• TCU and West Virginia joined the Big 12 together on July 1, 2012.
• West Virginia baseball coach Randy Mazey used to be an assistant coach on TCU's baseball team, under head coach Jim Schlossnagle. 
• There are three players from Texas on the West Virginia football roster.
• There are no players from West Virginia on the TCU football roster.

Frogs Missing in Action: TCU quarterback Mike Collins has entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal. He will be a graduate transfer, with one year of eligibility remaining. TCU graduate transfer quarterback Alex Delton has left the team. Redshirt freshman quarterback Justin Rogers, defensive tackle Karter Johnson and linebacker Jacoby Simpson have entered their names into the NCAA transfer portal. In the Baylor game, Van Zandt suffered what may be a season-ending injury. The Texas game was the last game for offensive tackle Lucas Niang. He has had season-ending surgery for a torn hip labrum. Receiver Dylan Thomas suffered a leg injury in the Iowa State game. The injury required surgery. Thomas most likely will miss the remainder of the season. Cornerback Noah Daniels suffered a season-ending injury during a summer practice session.

The Line: TCU opened as a 12.5- point favorite. As of Wednesday, November 27, TCU was a 13.5-point favorite. The over/under was 44 points.

Midnite's TCU-West Virginia Prediction: TCU 24, West Virginia 17

TCU Notables: 

• TCU is 43-17 in regular-season games following a loss under head football coach Gary Patterson.
• A win over West Virginia would make TCU bowl-eligible for the 17th time in Patterson's 19 years as TCU's head football coach.
• With wins over Texas, Texas Tech and Kansas, TCU looks to continue a trend of beating Big 12 teams to which it lost last season. West Virginia defeated TCU, 47-10, in Morgantown in 2018.
• Five of the Horned Frogs' six losses this season have been by seven points or less. 
•  Safety Trevon Moehrig’s four interceptions are the most by a Horned Frog since Nick Orr had four in 2016.
• TCU is second in the Big 12 in total defense (345.4 yards a game). 
• TCU linebacker Garret Wallow leads the Big 12 with 113 total tackles, an average of 10.3 per game. He has 3.5 sacks.
• Wide receiver Jalen Reagor's 22 touchdown catches are tied with Josh Boyce (22, 2010-12) for second on TCU's career list.  
• Place-kicker Jonathan Song is 22-of-23 on field-goal attempts this season and 39-of-43 in his career. 
• TCU is in its eighth season in the Big 12. 
• Dating back to last year, TCU has won seven of its last 13 games and eight of its last 15 games. 
• In six of the last eight odd-numbered years (2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017), TCU has won at least 11 games. 
• Over the last six seasons, TCU (52-25, 33-20) has the Big 12's second-best overall and conference records. 
• TCU is one of just six programs nationally to finish in the top 10 of the final polls at least three times (2014, 2015, 2017) in the last five seasons. The others are Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State and Oklahoma. 
• TCU has five 11-win seasons this decade, equaling the combined number of the 11 other FBS programs in the state. 
• Patterson is the nation's second-longest tenured head coach, trailing only Iowa's Kirk Ferentz (21st year). 
• Under Patterson, TCU has posted seven top-10 finishes and 11 in the top 25. The Horned Frogs have won at least 10 games in 11 of the last 17 seasons. 
• Patterson has accounted for 26.2 percent (172 of 656) of TCU's all-time football victories. 
• Patterson has been a Coach of the Year in all three leagues he has guided TCU: Conference USA (2002), Mountain West (2005, 2009), and Big 12 (2014). 
• TCU is 119-41 in Saturday contests since 2005 and 21-11 on other days of the week (1-0 on Sundays, 0-1 on Mondays, 2-0 on Tuesdays, 3-0 on Wednesdays, 7-8 on Thursdays and 8-2 on Fridays). 
• Since 2001, Patterson’s first full season as TCU’s head coach, the Horned Frogs have been the most successful program in the state of Texas. Since 2005, TCU has the best record (140-51) in Texas among the 12 FBS programs. 
• Since 2008, Patterson is second nationally among active head coaches in most Associated Press Top-10 finishes, with six. Nick Saban leads, with 11. 
• TCU ranked No. 1 nationally last season for most offensive tackles (six) in the NFL.
• Since 2005, TCU tops all private schools in victories and winning percentage (140-51).
• Since the NCAA began tracking statistics in 1937, TCU trails only Alabama for the most times leading the nation in total defense. The Crimson Tide have been No. 1 seven times, while all five No. 1 rankings for the Horned Frogs are in the last 19 seasons.
• With the exception of 2015, TCU has been first or second in the Big 12 in total defense each year. 
• TCU has at least one sack in 78 of its last 81 contests. 
• Since beginning Big 12 play in 2012, TCU leads the conference in most games with at least three sacks. 
• TCU has the longest streak among Big 12 schools with 22 consecutive seasons with at least 25 sacks. 
• Since beginning Big 12 play in 2012, TCU is tied for third nationally with five different players returning punts for touchdowns. 
• At 344 games (November 16, 1991; Texas 32, TCU 0), TCU has the nation’s second-longest current streak for not being shut out. 
• TCU’s streak of scoring in 344 consecutive games is fourth on the NCAA’s all-time list.
  In Patterson’s tenure as head coach, TCU has had 48 players drafted with 119 in NFL camps. 
• TCU has 18 former players active in the NFL. Fourteen of them have earned their degrees.
• On its 2019 roster, TCU has seven players who have earned their degrees: Shameik Blackshear, Nate Guyton, TreVontae Hights, Julius Lewis, Ryan McGee, Sewo Olonilua, and Jonathan Song. 
• On this season's 120-player roster, TCU has 48 freshmen (true and redshirt). 
• TCU has qualified for a bowl game in 19 of the last 21 seasons. The Horned Frogs have earned a bowl trip in 16 of Patterson’s 18 seasons as head coach. 
• TCU running back Darius Anderson tops all current Horned Frogs with seven career 100-yard games. 
• In the SMU game, Max Duggan became the second true freshman and third non-Texan to start at quarterback in the 19-season head coaching era of Patterson. In the Iowa State game, Duggan became the first quarterback in the Patterson-era to start a game in his home state that's not Texas.
• Dan Sharp, the Horned Frogs' defensive line coach, has been on the TCU coaching staff for 28 years. He is the nation's second-most tenured assistant (Bud Foster, Virginia Tech, 33 years). 
• TCU is 656-553-57 in its football history that began in 1896.

Lead On: A Campaign for TCU Video: here

TCU Football 2019 Hype Video: here 

TCU Football 2019 Intro Video: here 

TCU Riff-Ram Video from the TCU-Arkansas Pine Bluff Game on August 31: here 

TCU Riff-Ram Video from the TCU-SMU Game on September 21: here 

TCU Riff-Ram Video from TCU-Kansas Game on September 28: here 

TCU's "Hello, FunkyTown. The Frogs are back” Video: here and here 

TCU Earn the Chip Video: here 

TCU: The Chip Video: Game 7 vs Texas Video: here 

TCU Past, Present and Future Video: here

2019 TCU Football Fact Book: here 

2019 TCU Sports Fall Guide: here 

TCU Campus Tour Video: here

2019 West Virginia Football Guide: here

2019 West Virginia Football Video: here

Have Fun Tailgating Before and After Football Games: Donor parking lots open five hours prior to kickoff. For games that start before 2:30 pm Central, lots must be cleared by three hours after the games end. For games that start at 2:30 pm Central or later, lots must be cleared 90 minutes after games end, or by 11 pm Central (whichever comes first, due to city ordinance).  

Countdown to Kickoff: Three hours prior to kickoff: Frog Alley opens. Two-and-a-half hours prior to kickoff: Frog Walk begins. Two hours prior to kickoff: gates open; autographs by members of other TCU athletic teams. Forty-five minutes prior to kickoff: TCU Marching Band and Spirit parade. Thirty minutes prior to kickoff: Frog Alley closes and pre-game show begins.  

TCU Gameday Parking and Traffic Information: here  

Amon G. Carter Stadium: 

• The stadium features a new north-end videoboard, with a state-of-the-art sound system. The videoboard measures 108-feet-by-48-feet. There also are new speakers in new locations throughout the stadium. 
• Construction continues, with completion scheduled for the 2020 season, on the $100-million Amon G. Carter Stadium premium seating expansion. The project calls for two new levels of luxury seating above the current upper deck on the east side of the stadium. The new Legends Club and Suites will include 48 loge boxes with two private clubs, over 1,000 club seats and 22 luxury suites.  
• These enhancements are the first since the $164-million rebuild of Amon G. Carter Stadium was completed in 2012. That project was funded entirely by donor support and featured a seating capacity of 45,000. The six new Founders Club suites, located at midfield on the concourse level, were sold at $15 million each to provide lead gifts totaling $90 million. On the west side of the stadium, there are 25 suites, all sold.  

Additional information about The Carter: here  

Information about stadium rules and regulations: here  

Important! Security measures at TCU Athletic Events:

Only the following items are permitted into TCU athletic facilities:

• Bags that are clear plastic, vinyl or PVC and not exceeding 14 inches by 14 inches  
• One-gallon clear plastic freezer bag (Ziploc bag or similar)  
• One unopened bottle of water  
• Small clutch bags, approximately the size of a hand, with or without a handle or strap can be taken into the stadium with one of the clear plastic bags.  
• Exceptions are made for medically necessary items after proper inspection at the stadium gates. Backpacks, diaper bags and other similar bags are not be allowed.

2019 Game 13 for TCU: The West Virginia game is the 12th and  final 2019 regular-season game. If the Frogs beat West Virginia, they will qualify for a bowl game for the 17th time in the 19-year head coaching career of TCU head coach Gary Patterson. If the Frogs lose to the Mountaineers, they will miss a bowl game for only the third time in the Patterson-era. Participants for the bowl games will be announced in early December.

2020 TCU Football Schedule:

• September 5: at California (Berkeley, California)
• September 12: vs Prairie View A&M (Fort Worth, Texas)
• September 26: at SMU (Dallas, Texas)
• October 3: vs Oklahoma State (Fort Worth, Texas)
• October 10: at West Virginia (Morgantown, West Virginia)
• October 17: vs Kansas State (Fort Worth, Texas)
• October 24: at Baylor (Waco, Texas)
• October 31: vs Oklahoma (Fort Worth, Texas)
• November 7: vs Iowa State (Fort Worth, Texas)
• November 14: at Texas (Austin, Texas)
• November 21: vs Texas Tech (Fort Worth, Texas)
• November 28: at Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas)

*Times to be announced; dates may change