Friday, September 25, 2020

TCU-Iowa State Football Gameday for September 26, 2020

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Game 1 of TCU’s 2020 Football Season: TCU Horned Frogs versus Iowa State Cyclones: Saturday, September 26, 2020; 12:30 pm (Central); Amon G. Carter Stadium; Fort Worth, Texas; TV: FS1 (TV talent: Joe Davis and Mark Helfrich); 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).

TCU-Iowa State Digital Game Program: here 

The Line for the TCU-Iowa State Game: Iowa State is a two-point favorite. The over/under opened at 47.5 points. It is now 44 points.

Midnite's TCU-Iowa State Prediction: Frogs win, 20-17.

2020 TCU Football Hype Video: here

2020 TCU Gameday Central: here

2020 TCU Gameday Parking and Traffic Information: here

2020 Countdown to TCU-Iowa State Kickoff: Three hours prior to kickoff: Frog Alley opens. Two-and-a-half hours prior to kickoff: Frog Walk. Two hours prior to kickoff: gates open. One hour prior to kickoff: TCU Marching Band and Spirit parade. Thirty minutes prior to kickoff: Frog Alley closes and pre-game show begins.

2020 COVID-19 Warning: An inherent risk of exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19 exists in any public space where people are present. COVID-19 is an extremely contagious disease that can lead to severe illness and death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, senior citizens and those with underlying medical conditions are especially vulnerable. The latest COVID-19 guidelines and information are at the CDC website: here

2020 Fan Experience for TCU Football at Amon G. Carter Stadium: To provide the safest environment for fans to enjoy TCU football this fall during the COVID-19 pandemic:

  • Tailgating is prohibited in all Frog Club lots and spaces. Lots open three hours prior to kick off and close following the game.
  • Frog Alley has been moved to Stadium Drive.
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium gates open two hours prior to kick off.
  • TCU has transitioned to mobile-only ticketing for the 2020 football season. This shift provides a safer, contactless ticketing environment. Fans will receive their tickets via email, allowing them to download tickets into their Apple Wallet (iPhone) or Google Pay Wallet (Android). Prior to reaching the gates, ticket holders open their digital wallet, select the game tickets and hold their phone near the ticket scanner.
  • All fans will have their temperature taken and complete a brief health screening questionnaire (acknowledge that you are symptom free) prior to entering Amon G. Carter Stadium and Frog Alley. Gate and temperature check locations: here
  • Face Coverings (over the nose and mouth) are required to be worn by everyone outside and within the stadium. Tarrant County has a face mask mandate in order through the end of the year.
  • A refusal to comply with the 2020 TCU Football health and safety guidelines may result in removal from the stadium and/or loss of ticket privileges to future home games.
  • No guest service carts or shuttles.
  • The suggested entrance gate near your seat is noted on your mobile ticket.
  • Social distancing markers are in place at gates, concessions and restrooms. 
  • Hand sanitization stations are throughout the stadium.
  • Elevators will operate under state mandates of no more than four passengers and an operator.
  • There are cashless concessions and merchandise transactions.
  • Concession items predominately will be prepackaged and sealed, with limited selections.
  • Beer will be served in sealed containers.
  • There is no in-seat concession hawking.
  • Concession locations will vary based on crowd size.
  • All premium buffets are staff-served. 
  • Tables in common areas and premium clubs are spaced appropriately.
  • Multiple clean teams will continually clean common areas. 
  • Staff will be screened prior to entering the facility and will be required to wear a face covering. 
  • Football Pre-Game Happy Hour Specials - available when gates open to 30 minute before kick-off : 
    • Beer $4 (sales conclude at the start of the fourth quarter)
    • 44oz Pepsi: $3
    • Large popcorn: $3
    • Peanuts: $3
    • Nachos: $2.25
    • Hot Dog: $2

Share Your 2020 TCU Football Experience: During this football season, TCU Athletics and the TCU Alumni Association encourage fans to submit photos and videos of how you’re cheering for the Horned Frogs. During each game, share your live reactions to the game using the hashtag #GoFrogs and your photos and/or videos could be displayed on the Jumbotron during the game.

Virtual Tailgating in 2020: Tailgating is not allowed at Amon G. Carter Stadium this year, but you still can show off your tailgating skills. Use the hashtag #TCUVirtualTailgate or email pictures/videos of your home tailgate setup to alumnimedia@tcu.edu. Winners for the most spirited setup will be chosen throughout the season, so keep the tailgates going, even though we're social distancing this season!

2020 TCU Football Fan Guide: here

2020 TCU Corononavirus FAQs: here 

2020 Home Game FAQs: here

2020 Amon G. Carter Beer Sales FAQs: here

2020 Color Coordination for the TCU-Iowa State Game: Wear your favorite TCU colors. A facial cover (protective mask) also is required. The Frogs will wear a white helmet with a purple stripe, a purple jersey with black trim, and white pants.

TCU's Previous Game: This is TCU’s first game of the 2020 season. A scheduled game with SMU on Friday, September 11, was postponed by TCU because of player and support staff coronavirus cases. The Frogs' last game was a 20-17 loss to West Virginia, on November 29, 2019, in Amon G. Carter Stadium. Watch highlights: here. With the loss to the Mountaineers, the Horned Frogs ended the season with a 5-7 record, failing to qualify for a bowl game. It was the third time in Patterson’s then 19-year TCU head-coaching career that the Horned Frogs did not close out a season by playing in a bowl game. The other two times were after the 2004 and 2013 seasons.

Iowa State’s Previous Game: This is Iowa State’s second game of the 2020 season. On Saturday, September 12, in its season-opener, in Ames, Iowa, the 23rd-ranked Cyclones were upset, 31-14, by the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns of the Sun Belt Conference. It was the Cajuns’ first win in program history over a top 25 team. Watch highlights: here

Previous TCU-Iowa State Game: During the 2019 season, TCU entered its fifth game of the season with a 3-1 record after wins at home over Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Kansas and on the road against Purdue, and a loss at home against SMU. In Ames, Iowa, Iowa State handed the Frogs their second loss of the season, convincingly beating them 49-24 in a game that started two hours late because of severe thunderstorms. The game was TCU quarterback Max Duggan’s first game as a Horned Frog in his home state of Iowa.

TCU-Iowa State Rivalry:

  • Two of the last three meetings between TCU and Iowa State have been decided by a total of 10 points with the home team winning each contest. The Horned Frogs won 17-14 in Fort Worth in 2018. The Cyclones took a 14-7 decision in Ames in 2017.
  • TCU and Iowa State will be meeting for the 12th time in their history.
  • TCU holds an 8-3 series lead, including a 5-3 advantage since beginning Big 12 play in 2012.
  • TCU is 3-2 versus Iowa State in Ames, 4-1 in Fort Worth and 1-0 at neutral sites (2005 Houston Bowl).
  • Iowa State took a 37-23 victory in 2012 in the Horned Frogs' first-ever Big 12 home game. It snapped a 12-game TCU winning streak that was the longest in the nation at the time.
  • Prior to TCU beginning Big 12 play in 2012, the teams had not met since a 27-24 Horned Frogs' victory in the 2005 Houston Bowl.
  • The series began with a 27-10 TCU win in Fort Worth in 1995.
  • The Horned Frogs will be facing the Cyclones in a season opener for the first time since 1998, in Head Coach Gary Patterson’s first game as a Horned Frog. Serving as TCU’s defensive coordinator at the time, Patterson was on the sidelines as the Horned Frogs won 31-21 in Ames. 
  • There are seven players on the Iowa State roster from Texas; none from Fort Worth. 
  • There is one player on the TCU roster from Iowa: quarterback Max Duggan (#15); Duggan is a native of Council Bluffs, Iowa. He played at Lewis Central High School and was the 2018 Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year. 
  • TCU head coach Gary Patterson’s first game on the Horned Frogs’ sideline was a 31-21 victory at Iowa State in the 1998 season opener. Patterson was TCU’s defensive coordinator at the time. Dennis Franchione was TCU’s head coach.

TCU Notables:

  • Gary Patterson begins his 20th season as head coach of the Horned Frogs. He is TCU’s winningest football coach with a record of 172-70. Patterson has won 22 national coach of the year honors. His 20 seasons make him the nation's second-longest tenured head coach.   
  • Patterson is 172-70 overall in 20 seasons and 39-34 against league opponents since TCU joined the Big 12 in 2012. 
  • Patterson is the second-longest tenured coach at one school in the FBS (Kirk Ferentz is in his 22nd year at the University of Iowa).
  • Patterson's 172 victories are the most by an active head coach at his current school.   
  • The 2020 NFL Draft marked the first time the TCU football program has produced four draft picks through three rounds of the draft. TCU's five draft picks were the most of any Big 12 team. It was the 14th straight draft a defensive Frog has been selected.  
  • Twenty-one Horned Frogs are on the rosters of National Football League (NFL) teams.
  • Patterson is the Horned Frogs' all-time winningest coach with 172 victories, which are also the most by an active head coach nationally at his current school, Patterson's .711 winning percentage (172-70) ranks fourth among active FBS coaches (minimum 10 years).
  • Patterson is tied for second nationally among active FBS head coaches in most AP Top-10 finishes with six (2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017). He's also second among active head coaches in most top-25 finishes with 11.
  • Patterson led TCU to a 2014 Big 12 championship in just its third season in the conference. TCU has won six conference championships, in three different leagues, under Patterson. He has also been the coach of the year in each conference.  
  • The Horned Frogs have won at least 10 games in 11 seasons under Patterson.  
  • In facing Iowa State this Saturday, TCU will have a conference game as its opening contest for the first time since 2008, when it won 26-3 at New Mexico in Mountain West play.  
  • Last year, the Frogs finished 5-7 overall and 3-6 in the Big 12. TCU tied for seventh place in the conference in 2019 and was one of four Big 12 teams that were home for the holidays and not bowling. It was the third time in Patterson’s 19-year TCU head-coaching career that the Horned Frogs did not close out a season by playing in a bowl game. The other two times were after the 2004 and 2013 seasons.  
  • TCU is opening at home for just the ninth time in Patterson's 20 seasons as head coach. During that stretch, the Horned Frogs have had nine home dates, nine road games and two neutral-site contests (Arlington, Texas).
  • TCU is 15-4 in season debuts under Patterson and 75-39-9 overall in openers.
  • TCU has won its last six season openers and 15 of the past 17, including victories over No. 5 Oklahoma in 2005 and No. 22 Oregon State in 2010.
  • TCU has won its last 18 home openers, tied for the nation's eighth-longest active streak.
  • The run of 18-straight wins has come under Patterson. 
  • TCU is 18-1 in home openers under Patterson.
  • The Horned Frogs were picked sixth in the 2020 Preseason Big 12 Media Preseason Poll.
  • TCU won conference championships in both previous seasons it was picked sixth or lower in a preseason poll under Patterson (6th, 2005 Mountain West; 7th, 2014 Big 12).
  • Since Patterson arrived at TCU as defensive coordinator in 1998, TCU has fared well in the opening season of a new decade. In 2010, TCU went 13-0, won the Rose Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 2 nationally. The Horned Frogs were 10-2 and won the WAC in 2000. Patterson began that season as defensive coordinator before being named head coach prior to the Mobile Alabama Bowl versus Southern Miss.
  • Over the last six seasons, TCU has the Big 12's second-best conference record (33-21) and third-best overall mark (52-26).
  • TCU is one of just seven programs nationally to finish in the top 10 of the final polls at least three times (2014, 2015, 2017) in the last six seasons. The others are Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Penn State.
  • TCU had five 11-win seasons last decade, equaling the combined number of the 11 other FBS programs in Texas.
  • TCU is the only school in the nation to lead its conference in total defense in each of the last three seasons. 
  • The Horned Frogs are 89-24 in 19 seasons under Patterson at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
  • TCU enters the 2020 season with many questions, and a lot of new faces, among the coaching staff and the roster.  
  • Co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach Curtis Luper left the Frogs to become the offensive coordinator at the University of Missouri.  
  • Offensive line coach Chris Thomsen left TCU to become the deputy head coach at Florida State.
  • Patterson convinced Jerry Kill, a former head football coach, to join the Horned Frogs as special assistant to the head coach in charge of the offense. Kill is Patterson’s best friend. He was the best man at Patterson's and Kelsey's wedding in 2004.
  • Bryan Applewhite joined the staff as the running backs coach.
  • Doug Meacham rejoined the program as inside receivers/tight ends coach.   
  • Jarret Anderson moved from inside receivers/tight ends coach to offensive line coach, a position he coached for the Horned Frogs from 2014-16.   
  • Paul Gonzales was promoted from safeties coach to defensive passing game coordinator.
  • Sonny Cumbie remained as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. 
  • TCU's 2019 starting quarterback, Max Duggan, is recovering from a procedure to correct a heart problem he has had his entire life. He has been cleared for practice and games.
  • No other quarterback on the TCU roster has taken a snap as a Horned Frog. 
  • Patterson has named back-up quarterback Matthew Downing as the starter against Iowa State. Downing transferred to TCU from Georgia last year but did not play.
  • The third quarterback is Stephon Brown. The 6-foot-5 Brown arrived at TCU as the No. 1 rated JUCO dual-threat quarterback in the 2020 recruiting class.
  • The two starting running backs of 2019, Darius Anderson and Sewo Olonilua, graduated. 
  • The Frogs return an experienced running back in junior Emari Demercado, who spent his first two seasons backing up Anderson and Olonilua.   
  • Highly talented and coveted running backs Darwin Barlow and Daimarqua Foster signed with the Frogs in 2019. Both were top-30 running backs coming out of high school. They will be redshirt freshmen this season. Barlow saw action in three games in 2019. Foster appeared in one game. Both have been nursing injuries recently. 
  • TCU's 2020 recruiting class ranks among the top 25 in the country and features six blue-chip players, including the highest recruit ever for Patterson. He is running back Zach Evans.
  • Evans is the Frogs’ first five-star commit in the modern recruiting era. He was the No. 16 player in the nation in the 2020 class and the No. 1 player in Texas. The 5-foot-11, 200-pounder helped lead Houston North Shore to two consecutive Class 6A state championship games. For his career, Evans rushed for 4,867 yards with 76 touchdowns.
    During recruitment, Evans compiled over 40 offers, including from Texas A&M, Tennessee, Texas, LSU, Ole Miss, LSU, Auburn, Baylor, Michigan, Oklahoma, Notre Dame and USC.  
  • The Frogs lost to graduation nearly their entire offensive line, with the exception of center Coy McMillon. Guards Kellton Hollins and Quazzel White are experienced backups.  
  • With receiver/returner Jalen Reagor now a Philadelphia Eagles receiver and wide receiver TreVontae Hights also gone, junior Taye Barber leads TCU’s receiving corps. The 5-9 speedster had 372 receiving yards last season, but didn’t catch a touchdown pass.
  • Junior wide receiver Te’Vailance Hunt also had over 300 yards receiving last year and is a big target at 6-3, 200 pounds.  
  • Senior wide receiver Dylan Thomas returns, after being sidelined by an injury he suffered in last season’s fourth game.   
  • Junior tight end Pro Wells returns. He caught 17 passes for 196 yards and five touchdowns last season. He was named to the All-Big 12 Offense Second Team. He also is an asset to the Frogs’ offensive line. He is an excellent blocker. Wells has been named to the 2020 John Mackey Award Watch List, which is given to the nation's top college tight end. 
  • Stepping up at wide receiver could be speedsters Derius Davis (junior wide receiver) and Mikel Barkley (sophomore wide receiver). Or the player who makes a difference could be prized-recruit Quentin Johnson, a wide receiver who chose TCU over Texas. He was a star at Temple (Texas) High School. He can beat defenders deep and he has excellent leaping ability and good body control, enabling him to win jump balls. 
  • There also is transfer wide receiver JD Spielman of Nebraska. Spielman, a former three-star recruit out of Minnesota, played three impressive seasons as a wide receiver for the Huskers. The son of Minnesota Viking’s General Manager Rick Spielman, he was on pace to become one of the most prolific receivers in Nebraska history, already ranking in the top 10 in several categories. In his three seasons, he caught 170 catches for 2,546 yards and 15 touchdowns. 
  • Despite the loss of three key players, the Frogs’ defense in 2020 is expected to be the best in the Big 12 and one of the best, if not the best, in the nation.   
  • Eight starters return for a TCU defense that was number one in total defense in the Big 12 for 2019. TCU’s defense also achieved that status in 2018 and 2017.   
  • TCU finished with the 27th-ranked pass defense in the Football Bowl Subdivision last year (199.7 yards per game) and 16 interceptions (tied for ninth). 
  • Linebacker Garret Wallow was the Big 12’s leading tackler last season. He made 125 tackles, with 3.5 sacks and 18 tackles for lost yards. He had one interception and two quarterback hurries. Against SMU, Wallow recorded 19 tackles, the most for a TCU defender since Travin Howard in 2016.  
  • Last season, safety Trevon Moehrig had 62 tackles, four interceptions and 11 pass breakups. He also forced two fumbles.   
  • Safety Ar'Darius Washington, who has switched his number from 27 to 24, had five interceptions and 46 stops as a redshirt freshman in 2019.   
  • Senior Corey Bethley has been a starter at defensive tackle for the last two seasons and will likely start at tackle again. He had 2.5 sacks last year and was Honorable Mention All-Big 12.   
  • Junior Terrell Cooper played in all 12 games last year and probably will start at the other tackle position. He had 21 tackles and two sacks last season.   
  • One of the defensive ends should be sophomore Ochaun Mathis who started all 12 games last season as a freshman and had 40 tackles and 2.5 sacks.
  • Two transfer defensive players could make an impact for the Frogs. They are graduate transfer Mark Jackson from the University of Oklahoma and linebacker/safety Marcel Brooks from LSU.
  • Jackson played “jack backer” at Oklahoma. He likely will play defensive end for the Frogs. Jackson was a four-star prospect out of Cibolo, Texas, and ranked as the No. 13 weakside defensive end in the nation out of the 2016 class. At Oklahoma, he played in 32 games, with seven starts.
  • Brooks was a five-star prospect and the No. 32 overall player and No. 5 recruit in Texas in the Class of 2019. He was the third-highest ranked signee from LSU's 2019 class. A 6-foot-2, 194-pound hybrid linebacker/safety, Brooks saw action in 11 of LSU's 15 games en route to the College Football Playoff National Championship, recording eight tackles and 1.5 sacks as a freshman. Both Jackson and Brooks are immediately eligible to play for the Frogs.
Missing in Action: Because of treatment for a heart condition he was born with, quarterback Max Duggan only has been practicing with the team for the last couple of weeks. He has been medically cleared for playing in games. Patterson has named backup quarterback Matthew Downing as the starter against Iowa State. It is not known is Duggan will see playing time against Iowa State. Several other players have missed practice time because of injuries and virus infections, but the team is expected to be basically at full strength going into the Iowa State game.

Iowa State Notables: 

  • On Saturday, September 12, in Ames, Iowa, as the 23rd-ranked team in the country, Iowa State lost its season-opener, 31-14, to the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns of the Sun Belt Conference.
  • Louisiana-Lafayette had 154 yards passing and 118 yards rushing against the Cyclones. The Ragin Cajuns also returned a kickoff and a punt for touchdowns.
  • For Iowa State, quarterback Brock Purdy (#15) was 16 of 35 for 145 yards. He threw one interception. Xavier Hutchinson (#8) had four catches for 43 yards. Iowa State had 158 rushing yards. Running back Breece Hall (#28) had 103 yards rushing and one touchdown on 20 carries. Kene Nwangwu (#3) had one rushing touchdown.
  • Matt Campbell has changed the culture and brought success to the Iowa State football program since taking over as head coach prior to the 2016 season.
  • Campbell, a two-time Big 12 Coach of the Year (2017, 2018), has led the Cyclones to three-straight bowl games, yearly appearances in the national rankings and a 23-16 record in the last three seasons; the second-best three-year stretch in Iowa State football history. 
  • Iowa State has appeared in the College Football Playoff Rankings in each of the last three seasons, joining Oklahoma as the only two Big 12 school to accomplish that since 2017.
  • Campbell is the first and only coach in Iowa State history to defeat every team in the league at least once during his Cyclone tenure and has produced three of Iowa State’s four winning seasons in Big 12 Conference history (1996-present). 
  • In 2016, Iowa State was 3-9, 2-7 Big 12.
    In 2017, Iowa State was 8-5, 5-4 Big 12. The Cyclones beat #19 Memphis 21-20 in the Liberty Bowl.
    In 2018, Iowa State was 8-5, 6-3 Big 12. The Cyclones lost to #12 Washington State 28-29 in the Alamo Bowl.
    In 2019, Iowa State was 7-6, 5-4 Big 12. The Cyclones lost to #14 Notre Dame in the Camping World Bowl.

  • Iowa State tied for third in the Big 12 in 2018 and 2019, marking only the fourth and fifth time in the last 60 years the Cyclones have finished third or better in the final league standings.
  • Iowa State’s offense was the most prolific in the history of the program in 2019, helping the Cyclones finish tied for third in the Big 12 with a 7-6 overall record and a 5-4 league mark. 
  • Iowa State football records fell in the following offensive categories in 2019: total offense (5,776), passing offense (4,047), yards per play (6.45) and points scored (418). Ten times during the season, the Cyclones generated over 400 yards of total offense and eight times Iowa State had more total yards than its opponent.
  • The Cyclones' 2019 offense was led by Purdy, the All-Big 12 quarterback who broke virtually every school passing record, including passing yards (3,982), total offense (4,231), completions (312) and passing touchdowns (27). 
  • Against TCU last season, Purdy shredded the Frogs’ defense, with his passing arm, and his feet, in the Cyclones' 49-24 victory in Ames, Iowa. Purdy nearly was perfect through the air, as neither the TCU defensive line, linebackers nor secondary provided much resistance. Through the air, Purdy was 19-of-24 for 247 yards and two touchdowns. He hardly was pressured, and sacked only once. On the ground, Purdy stunned the dazed Frogs by galloping for 102 yards on 12 carries. He had two rushing touchdowns and a long run of 44 yards around and through the TCU defense. Purdy accounted for four of the Cyclones’ seven touchdowns, which they scored while running only 61 plays.
  • In the game against the Frogs, 10 Iowa State receivers caught passes.
  • This season, the Cyclones return 41 lettermen; 18 on offense, 19 on defense and four on special teams. 
  • Nine starters on offense return, including All-Big 12 signal-caller Purdy, All-American tight end Charlie Kolar and Freshman All-American running back Breece Hall.
  • Ten  starters on defense return, including eight players who earned all-conference recognition. Safety Greg Eisworth was a first team All-Big 12 selection in 2019, for the second consecutive season, becoming just the fourth Cyclone in the Big 12 era (1996-present) to earn first team all-conference honors multiple times. 
  • Iowa State was one of three teams nationally in 2019 possessing four players with over 600 receiving yards. Two of those players, Deshaunte Jones and La’Michael Pettway, are gone. The other two are returning tight end Charlie Kolar and wide receiver Tarique Milton.
  • The Cyclones suffered attrition on the offfensive line. Iowa State lost four seniors who combined for 146 career starts.
  • Iowa State’s strong defensive line in the last three years has helped the Cyclones' defense hold the high-powered Big 12 offenses to less than 370 yards per game and 26 points per game each season.
  • Iowa State has only been defeated by more than 14 points one time in the last 39 games (Notre Dame in 2019). 
  • Iowa State was fourth in the Big 12 in rushing defense (139.5 yards per game) and third in the league in defensive yards per rush (4.0 yards) a year ago.
  • Defensive end JaQuan Bailey returns. Iowa State fans believe that Bailey is one of the greatest defensive ends in school history. He enters his final year sharing the school record in career sacks, with 18.5, which is the third-most among active NCAA players. He ranks fifth all-time at Iowa State in career tackles for loss, with 31.5, only three from eclipsing the school record of 34. held by three play-ers.
  • Most of Iowa State's linebackers return, including a talented pair of juniors who combined for 25 starts in 2019 in Mike Rose and O’Rien Vance. Rose has started every game of his career, earning honorable mention All-Big 12 honors in 2018 and 2019.
  • Iowa State lost just one starter in the secondary. Five players, who have combined for 73 career starts, return in the defensive backfield. 
  • The Iowa State football program supports equality and stands against all forms of racism and discrimination. In an effort to continue to empower change, the Cyclones are wearing a symbolic Jack Trice patch on their jerseys in 2020. The Jack Trice story is an important piece of the history of Iowa State Athletics. The first black student-athlete in Iowa State history, Trice died tragically from injuries suffered in the second game of his career at Minnesota in 1923.  Iowa State's football stadium is named in honor of Trice. 
  • Iowa State has not won a Big 12-opener in the Matt Campbell era (2016-), Its last win in its first league tilt was a 38-13 win over Kansas to begin the 2015 Big 12 campaign.
  • Iowa State football, with the help from the Iowa State College of Engineering, developed the Cyclone Shield, which is being used in players' helmets for 2020. The Shield, which is made of lexan polycarbonate, was designed by Dr. Matthew Frank of the Iowa State College of Engineering Department. The Shield will redirect bodily fluids downward to help limit and protect athletes from COVID-19. 

2020 TCU Football Fact Book:  here

2020 TCU Football Roster: here

2020 TCU Football Schedule: here

Gary Patterson's “Take A Step Back” Song Video: here

Gary Patterson's "Game On" Song Video: here

2020 TCU Winter/Spring Sports Preview Guide: here

TCU Booster Information for the 2020-2021 Academic Year: here

TCU "End Racism" Mural Video: here 

TCU Beacons Video: here

TCU Football Facilities Tour: here

TCU 2019-20 Athletics Annual Report: here 

Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell talks about TCU: here

Iowa State's Hype Video for the TCU Game: here

2020 Iowa State Football Guide: here

2020 Iowa State Football Roster: here

2020 Iowa State Football Schedule: here

Amon G. Carter Stadium: The 2012 season marked the opening of TCU's Amon G. Carter Stadium after a $164 million renovation completely funded through donor support. 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 of which are sold. 

2020 marks the introduction of the $100-million Amon G. Carter Stadium premium seating expansion. The project added two new levels of luxury seating above the existing upper deck on the east side of the stadium. The new Legends Club and Suites include 48 loge boxes with two private clubs, over 1,000 club seats and 22 luxury suites.

Additional information about Amon G. Carter Stadium: here 

Stadium map: here

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.
     
ESPN College GameDay for September 26, 2020: ESPN GameDay will be in Miami, Florida, on Saturday, September 26, for the battle between Miami (1-0) and Florida State (0-1). The game kicks off at 6:30 pm (Central). The game will be broadcast by ABC. 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.

2020 Game 2 for TCU: TCU will clash with the University of Texas Longhorns on Saturday, October 3, in Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, in Austin, Texas. Time and TV to be announced. The Longhorns currently are ranked eighth (Associated Press) and ninth (Coaches Poll) in the country.

 

 

 

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