TCU-West Virginia Football Gameday for Saturday, October 23, 2021

 

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Game 7 of TCU’s 2021 Football Regular Season: TCU Horned Frogs (3-3, 1-2 Big 12) versus West Virginia Mountaineers (2-4, 0-3 Big 12), Saturday, October 23, 2021; 6:30  pm (Central); Amon G. Carter Stadium; Fort Worth, Texas; TV: sEcSPNU (Brian Custer, Kelly Stouffer and Lauren Sisler); Radio -- WBAP 820 AM, Sirius 119, XM 200, the new Varsity Network App, and the Riff Ram app (Radio Talent: Brian Estridge, John Denton, Landry Burdine); Spanish Radio: KFZO 99.1 (Radio Talent: Miguel Cruz, Elvis Gallegos).

It is homecoming weekend at TCU! Fireworks show after the game!

Special Homecoming Frogfest, from 4 to 6 pm, on the Dee J. Kelly Alumni & Visitor Center back lawn.

This year’s homecoming festivities will include a tribute to Fort Worth educator and community leader Jennifer Giddings Brooks ’71 (MS ’74), who was TCU’s first Black Homecoming Queen. Her story: here 

Big 12 Conference Expansion Update: Big 12 Conference invitations have been accepted by Brigham Young University, the University of Houston, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Central Florida.  The schools said the moves will come by July 1, 2024, at the latest. All four of the schools currently are members of the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Additional information: here  

The College Tour -- TCU Edition: here 

2021 Color Coordination for the TCU-West Virginia Game: Wear your favorite TCU colors. A facial cover (protective mask) also is recommended because of the COVID surge in Tarrant County. TCU requires that facial coverings be worn in all indoor areas on campus, except for private-access areas. 

TCU Uniform Combination for the West Virginia Game: Against West Virginia, the Horned Frogs will wear a purple-and-black jersey, white pants and a white helmet with a purple stripe in the middle and a purple Horned Frog on each side. 

Gary Patterson Press Conference About West Virginia: Video not made available by TCU.

TCU-West Virginia Gameday Central: here

TCU-West Virginia Watch parties: here  

The Line for the TCU-West Virginia Game: TCU is a 4.5-point favorite, after opening as a five-point favorite.  as a five-point favorite. The over-under for total points combined is 57 points, after opening at 58 points.

Midnite's TCU-West Virginia Prediction: TCU 34, West Virginia 27.

TCU-West Virginia and Homecoming Hype Videos:  here and here

2021 COVID-19 Warning: The COVID-19 pandemic still is with us, with people daily being infected and dying. 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, unvaccinated people and those with underlying medical conditions are especially vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, particularly the delta variant of the virus, although vaccinated people can be infected with the virus, especially the delta variant. Mask wearing, social distancing and hand washing remain highly recommended, and those people who are vaccinated are urged to avoid those people who are not vaccinated. The latest COVID-19 guidelines and information are at the CDC website: here  

TCU Mask Policy: TCU this fall requires face masks to be worn in all indoor campus areas, except when a person is actively eating and/or drinking and except within private-access areas. People who are sick or experiencing COVID-19-related symptoms should stay home and get tested for COVID-19.

2021 Countdown to TCU-West Virginia Kickoff: Five hours prior to kickoff: donor parking lots open. 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 in-stadium pre-game show begins.

2021 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:

• Masks are mandated in all indoor facilities on the TCU campus, unless a person is actively eating and/or drinking.
• Tailgating is allowed in all Frog Club parking lots and spaces. Donor parking lots open five hours prior to kick off and close following the game. For games starting before 2:30 pm (Central), the lots close three hours after the end of the game. For games starting at 2:30 pm or after, lots must be cleared by 90 minutes after the game or by 11 pm (Central), whichever comes first (due to city ordinance).
  
• Frog Alley has been moved to Stadium Drive. Frog Alley is bigger and better this season, taking up all four lanes on Stadium Drive. It features a Kids’ Zone, a beer garden with TVs, local food trucks and more. Frog Walk also returns this season, as the team will be dropped off at the Frog Alley entrance.
• Amon G. Carter Stadium gates open two hours prior to kick off.
• A refusal to comply with the 2021 TCU Football health and safety guidelines may result in removal from the stadium and/or loss of ticket privileges to future home games.
• Social distancing is recommended at gates, concessions and restrooms. 
• Hand sanitation stations are available in the stadium.
• There are a variety of new concession stands dubbed “The Taste of Funkytown.” These include QUENCH, AGC Pub and a Super Size Stand. 
• On the North Endzone deck, drink rails, picnic tables and lawn games have been installed.
• "WaterMonster" locations are throughout the stadium. A WaterMonster is a 125-gallon tank filled with cold-filtered water, or the equivalent of 1,000 bottles of water. The configuration stands six-feet tall and has six spigots for fans to fill their own water bottles or paper cups.
• Football Pre-Game Happy Hour Specials are available from when gates open, to 30 minutes before kick-off: 
• Beer $4
• 44oz Pepsi: $3
• Large popcorn: $3
• Peanuts: $3
• Nachos: $2.25
• Hot Dog: $2
• Concessions Overview: here  

Digital Seat Media in Amon G. Carter Stadium: Within Amon G. Carter Stadium, fans will find a new feature at their seats that gives them access to items to enhance their football gameday experience. Fort Worth-based Digital Seat Media (DSM) installed on stadium seats a QR code. Fans can scan the QR code with a smart phone and access several features, without having to download an app. The platform runs on mobile web and works on all mobile browsers. 

TCU's Previous Game to the West Virginia Game: On Saturday, October 16, in Norman, Oklahoma, the then-No.4 Sooners routed the Horned Frogs, 52-31.

TCU's Next Game After the West Virginia Game: TCU will play Big 12 foe Kansas State in Manhattan, Kansas, on Saturday, October 30, at 2:30 pm (Central). ESPNU will broadcast the game.

West Virginia’s Previous Game to the TCU Game: West Virginia had a bye on Saturday, October 16. In its sixth game of the 2021 season, on Saturday, October 9, West Virginia was mauled by Baylor, 45-20, in Waco, Texas. Previous to the Baylor game, West Virginia: lost to Maryland, 30-24; beat Long Island University, 66-0; beat Virginia Tech, 27-21; lost to Oklahoma, 16-13; lost to Texas Tech, 23-20.

West Virginia’s Next Game After the TCU Game: West Virginia will host Big 12 foe Iowa State, in Morgantown, West Virginia, on Saturday, October 30, at 1 pm (Central). The game will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

Previous TCU-West Virginia Game: Last season, TCU lost to West Virginia, 24-6, on November 14, 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 10 times on the football field. The Mountaineers lead the series, 6-4.
• 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 nine times. West Virginia leads, 5-4. 
• TCU is 2-3 versus the Mountaineers in Morgantown, 2-2 in Fort Worth, and 0-1 at neutral sites.
• TCU head coach Gary Patterson is 4-5 versus West Virginia. 
• Patterson is 0-2 against West Virginia head coach Neal Brown, who became the Mountaineers' head coach in 2019.

 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 then head coach Jim Schlossnagle,who now is the head baseball coach at Texas A&M. 
• West Virginia has three players from Texas on its roster, none of which are from Fort Worth.
• TCU has no players on its roster from West Virginia.

TCU Missing in Action News: Quarterback Max Duggan played in the Oklahoma game with a broken bone in a foot. He is “probable” for the West Virginia game. Running back Zach Evans missed the Oklahoma game because of an injury. He is “probable” for the West Virginia game. Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson missed the second half of the Oklahoma game due to an injury. He is “questionable” for the West Virginia game. Cornerback Noah Daniels who has seen limited action this year because of injury is "questionable" for the West Virginia game. Wide receiver Quentin Johnston, defensive lineman Corey Bethley and safety Nook Bradford returned from injuries and played in the Oklahoma game. Receiver JD Spielman and safeties Bud Clark and Deshawn McCuin are expected to miss the West Virginia game because of injuries. Because of a leg injury, junior wide receiver Mikel Barkley is missing significant playing time in 2021. TCU has its first player in the NCAA transfer portal during this season. Wide receiver TJ Steele has entered the transfer portal. A true freshman from Lubbock Estacado High School, Steele did not play in a game this season.

TCU Notables:

• During sEcSPN’s Gameday show on Saturday, October 16, prior to that evening’s ABC primtime game between TCU and Oklahoma, celebrity guest Jeff Foxworthy said that TCU’s defense “had more holes that Larry the Cable Guy’s underwear.” I don’t care who you are, that’s funny! If you don’t think that’s funny, you might be a redneck! Watch: here 
• TCU’s offensive line has allowed six sacks this season, including none the last two games against Texas Tech and Oklahoma.
• TCU sophomore running back Zach Evans is the first Horned Frog since 2002 with four consecutive 100-yard rushing games. He ranks first nationally among active players in career yards per carry average.
• In the Horned Frogs’ October 16 game against Oklahoma, TCU’s captains were center Steve Avila, quarterback Max Duggan, defensive end Ochuan mathis and linebacker Dee Winters. Duggan, Mathis and Winters have been captains in each game this season.
• Duggan passed for a career-best 346 yards and four touchdowns in TCU’s October 16 game against Oklahoma. He set a personal-high with 391 yards of total offense.
• Duggan has 5,221 career passing yards. He has moved past Steve Stamp (5,123, 1978-81) into sixth place in TCU history for career passing yards.
• Against Oklahoma, TCU sophomore wide receiver Quentin Johnston had career-best totals of seven receptions, 185 yards receiving and three touchdowns.
• Johnston's scoring grabs were from 20, 75 and 25 yards, giving him a team-best five on the season and seven in his career. The seven touchdown catches top all current Horned Frogs.
• Johnston's 75-yard touchdown reception was TCU's longest since his 76-yard scoring grab against Louisiana Tech in the 2020 season finale.
• Johnston's 185 yards receiving were the most by a Horned Frog since Taj Williams had 210 versus Oklahoma in 2016.
• Johnston is the first Horned Frog with three touchdown catches in a game since KaVontae Turpin had four against Texas in 2015.
• Against Oklahoma, Johnston posted his third career 100-yard receiving game, tops among current TCU players.
• In the Oklahoma game, TCU running back Kendre Miller had a 53-yard touchdown catch. It was the first receiving score of his career.
• From his defensive end position, Mathis recorded two sacks in the Oklahoma game, his fifth multi-sack game of his career. His 14.5 career sacks are the most among current Horned Frogs.
• Horned Frogs safety T. J. Carter had nine tackles in the Oklahoma game to lead TCU for the second consecutive game.
• TCU safety Nook Bradford placed second on the Horned Frogs in the Oklahoma game with eight tackles.
• Against Oklahoma, TCU linebacker Jamoi Hodge made his first career start and had seven tackles, one short of a career best.
• TCU kicker Griffin Kell was successful on a 22-yard field goal attempt against Oklahoma. He has made his last six field-goal attempts.
• After consecutive road games, against Texas Tech (October 9) and Oklahoma (October 16), TCU returns home to host West Virginia on Saturday.
• Under head coach Gary Patterson, the Horned Frogs are 94-29 at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
• The Horned Frogs began the season with four straight home games for the second time in program history.
• TCU is tied for the national lead in red-zone efficiency at 100 percent. TCU this season has scored on all 23 red-zone possessions, including 17 touchdowns. The Horned Frogs are one of just three teams at 100 percent, but have the most opportunities (23).
• The Horned Frogs are first in the Big 12 and fourth in the country in third-down conversion percentage at 53.7 (44-of-82). 
• Among Power 5 football teams, TCU tied with Purdue for third in the country over the last four years in one-possession losses, with 12. Nebraska 16, North Carolina 14, Eastern Michigan 13. 
• Against Oklahoma on October 16, TCU scored for the 361st consecutive game. It is the nation’s second-longest current streak and fourth all-time in NCAA history. The Frogs haven’t been blanked since November 16, 1991, at Texas (32-0).
• TCU is averaging 37.17 points per game this season.
• The Frogs have the Big 12’s third-best offense. They are averaging 460 total yards per game; 227.5 yards rushing and 232.5 yards passing.
• TCU is one of three Big 12 teams averaging more than 200 yards a game in rushing and more than 200 yards a game in passing. The other two teams are Baylor (6-1) and Texas (4-3).
• The Horned Frogs have had more runs than passes in 26 of their last 31 games, including all six games in 2021.
• With his scoring runs of 33, 75 and 45 yards at Texas Tech, Kendre Miller is the only player nationally this season to have three touchdown carries of at least 33 yards in the same game. Miller is one of seven players to accomplish the feat since 2018 and the first since Buffalo’s Jaret Patterson against Kent State last season.
• Over the last seven seasons, TCU has the Big 12's third-best conference record (39-27) and has the third-best overall mark (61-33).
• TCU is 23-20 on the road in its Big 12 history. 
• During Patterson's time at TCU, all other FBS programs in Texas have had at least four head coaches.
• Patterson has a 55-40 record (.579) in one-score games.
• TCU is 6-4 in one-point contests under Patterson.
• TCU is one of just seven programs nationally to finish with an Associated Press Top-10 final ranking in at least three of the last seven seasons (2014, 2015, 2017). The others are Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Penn State. 
• TCU has boasted the top-ranked defense in the Big 12 more than half the seasons it’s been in the conference.
• The Frogs have never had worse than the fourth-ranked total defense since joining the Big 12 in 2012.
• TCU has three 2021 Preseason All-Americans in punt returner Derius Davis, Hodges-Tomlinson and Mathis.  
• TCU this season is scheduled to host seven games at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth.  
• TCU this season has nonconference home matchups against Duquesne (September 4; 45-3 victory), Cal (September 11; 34-32 victory) and SMU (September 25; 34-42 loss).  
• TCU this season will host four Big 12 home games, against Texas (October 2; 27-32 loss), West Virginia (October 23), Baylor (November 6) and Kansas (November 20).  
• The Frogs this season will play five Big 12 away games, at Texas Tech (October 9; 52-31 victory), Oklahoma (October 16; 31-52 loss), Kansas State (October 30), Oklahoma State (November 13) and Iowa State (November 26).  
• TCU ranks as the fourth-best private college football school of all time, behind Notre Dame, USC, and Miami (Florida). 
• The Horned Frogs are one of only four FBS teams to have played in all six College Football Playoff Bowls, winning all but the Fiesta and Orange.  
• Gary Patterson is the dean of Big 12 coaches. This is Patterson’s 24th season at TCU. It is his 21st season as head coach of the Frogs.   
• sEcSPN ranks Patterson as the 28th best collegiate football coach of the last 50 years.   
• TCU has held its own as a football program in the Big 12, winning a conference championship in 2014, when the Horned Frogs also should have earned a berth in the College Football Playoff. During that season, TCU finished 11-1 and in the top 5 of polls, with notable wins over No. 4 Oklahoma, Minnesota and No. 7 Kansas State, and scoring 82 points against Texas Tech. 
• With the win over Duquesne to open the 2021 season, TCU is 48-8 in home night games under Patterson.  
• Over the last three seasons, TCU has not had a double-digit-win season. It is the first time during Patterson's tenure that the Frogs have gone three consecutive seasons without a double-digit-win season. 
• Of the 12 teams that have changed or moved into power leagues in the past decade, only Texas A&M in the SEC and Pittsburgh in the ACC have better conference records since switching. In the Big 12, only second-ranked Oklahoma has more league wins than TCU since 2014, the season the Frogs shared the conference title with Baylor before the Sooners won the last six.  
• TCU played in the Big 12 championship game in 2017, losing to Oklahoma, 38-20, in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.  
• Of Patterson's 181 career victories at TCU, 105 have come when the Frogs have held opponents to less than 100 yards rushing.
• Under head coach Gary Patterson, TCU, which is located in the country’s 12th largest city of Fort Worth, has produced seven top-10 teams.  
• Over the last 13 years, the Frogs own six AP top-10 finishes, twice as many as Texas and two more than USC and Washington combined.  
• During Patterson’s tenure, TCU has earned 20 bowl trips. TCU is 13-6 in bowl games played (the 2020 Texas Bowl was canceled).  
• After the 2010 regular season, the Horned Frogs received the first Rose Bowl invitation offered to a team from a non-automatic-qualifying conference during the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) era. The Horned Frogs won the 2011 Rose Bowl, 21–19, over Wisconsin. The win climaxed an undefeated and untied season that earned TCU a No. 2 national ranking.   
• TCU Athletics, as a whole, is coming off an historic year in 2020-21. TCU won three Big 12 championships last year, in baseball, women’s soccer and men’s tennis. Ten of TCU’s 21 sports appeared in the national top 25. And rifle won another national title. 
• Over the past 10 years, TCU has invested more than $400 million in athletics facilities through donor funding. 
• Nearly 100 percent of TCU's more than 500 student-athletes are vaccinated against COVID-19. 
• TCU senior guard Wes Harris (6-4, 321 pounds), is the strongest Frog. Harris bench presses 530 pounds, squats 705 pounds and cleans 470 pounds.  
• TCU quarterback Max Duggan missed the majority of the 2020 preseason camp due to surgery to correct Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, a heart condition he was born with.
• TCU’s 2020 6-4 regular-season earned the Frogs a trip to the Texas Bowl. The Frogs were scheduled to face former Southwest Conference foe Arkansas on New Year’s Eve. However, the Frogs had to cancel their appearance due "to an increased number of positive COVID-19 tests and other circumstances within the TCU football program."  
• Doug Meacham is TCU’s new offensive coordinator. He replaced Sonny Cumbie, who in 2020 was TCU’s co-offensive coordinator (with Meacham) and quarterbacks coach. Cumbie left TCU to rejoin Texas Tech, his Alma mater, as offensive coordinator.  
• Meacham rejoined the TCU program in 2020 as inside receivers/tight ends. 
• Prior to returning to the Horned Frogs, Meacham was offensive coordinator of the XFL’s St. Louis BattleHawks. After leaving TCU following the 2016 season, he served as offensive coordinator at Kansas.  In each of his first two seasons at TCU (2014-15), serving as offensive coordinator, the Horned Frogs’ attack ranked among the nation’s best.
• Former TCU quarterback Kenny Hill is the Frogs’ new quarterbacks coach. 
• After concluding his 2017 senior season as TCU's starting quarterback, in which he led the Horned Frogs to an 11-3 record, Big 12 Championship Game appearance and No. 9 final ranking, Hill remained with the Horned Frogs. He served as a student assistant and then graduate assistant, before becoming an offensive analyst in 2020. 
• In his final game at TCU, Hill earned Offensive Most Valuable Player honors in the Horned Frogs' 39-37 Alamo Bowl victory over Stanford. Hill had a rushing, passing and receiving touchdown in the game. Hill set a TCU bowl record with 401 yards of total offense (314 passing, 60 rushing and 27 receiving), while his 314 passing yards and 27 completions were the second-most in a bowl game by a Horned Frog. 
• Hill holds the TCU season (67.3) and career (64.0) completion percentage records. His 269 completions in both 2016 and 2017 tie for second all-time in a season at TCU. He also has the third- and fourth-best single season passing yard totals by a Horned Frog with 3,208 and 3,152 in 2016 and 2017, respectively.  
• As a senior, Hill led the nation with a 67.3 completion percentage on third-down passing. He topped all Big 12 quarterbacks in rushing with 325 yards. He was a Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award finalist and Davey O'Brien Award semifinalist.   
• Tim Beck, who was a volunteer assistant for TCU in 2020, is a new offensive analyst for the Frogs. Beck is an experienced offensive coach who before he joined TCU last season spent his entire coaching career (1987-2019) at Pittsburg State (Pittsburgh, Kansas). He was head coach of the Gorillas from 2010-2019 (Patterson coached linebackers at Pittsburgh State in 1988). Duggan in 2020 became the first TCU quarterback with multiple 100-yard rushing games in a season in the Patterson head-coaching era. He rushed for a career-high and team-best 154 yards and three touchdowns in a 34-18 win over Texas Tech, including an 81-yard scoring run that was the longest by a quarterback in TCU history and tied for 10th-best overall.  
• Duggan has been named to this season's watch list for the Maxwell Award, presented annually to the outstanding player in college football, to the watch list for the Davey O'Brien Award, which is presented to the nation's top quarterback, to the watch list for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, which is presented to the nation's top upperclassman quarterback in college football, and to the watch list for the Manning Award, which is presented to the collegiate American football quarterback as judged by the Sugar Bowl Committee to be the best in the United States (including postseason performance). 
• TCU led the Big 12 in rushing offense in 2020.  
• Evans has been named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie squad. 
• Evans has been named to this season's watch list of the Doak Walker Award. The Doak Walker Award is presented to the nation’s top collegiate running back. TCU Board of Trustees member and Pro Football Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson won the Doak Walker Award in 2000 as a Horned Frog. 
• Evans, a former five-star signee, had a team-best 7.7 yards per carry average in 2020, his true freshman season. It ranked third for a season in TCU history and was second-best in the Big 12 for a true freshman dating back to 2008. The 7.7 average was also fourth nationally by a true freshman in a Power Five Conference over the last six seasons. 
• Evans placed third on the Horned Frogs with 415 yards rushing, while tying for second with four rushing touchdowns in 2020. He topped 100 yards in two of the final three games. He ran for 130 yards and two touchdowns on seven carries in a 52-10 win over Louisiana Tech in the regular-season finale. His first career 100-yard game was in a 59-23 victory at Kansas. He had 100 yards on 12 attempts.  
• Johnson, a 6-4 wide receiver for the Frogs, was one of the best freshmen receivers in college football last season, averaging 22 yards per catch and finishing with back-to-back 100-yard games against Oklahoma State and Louisiana Tech. He had 487 receiving yards and caught four touchdown passes during the season.  
• Johnston’s 22.1 yards-per-reception average last season was the highest for a freshman in Big 12 Conference history and the second-highest for any Power 5 freshman receiver since 2008.  
• Avila, a redshirt junior center and a 2020 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 honoree, is on the watch list for the 2021 Rimington Trophy, which is given to the nation's top center.  
• A big (literally) addition to the offensive line is left tackle Obinna Eze, a junior transfer from Memphis. Eze, 6-foot-8, 315 pounds, started 25 games over his last two seasons at Memphis, including the 2019 team that won the American Athletic Conference Championship and earned a Cotton Bowl berth.  
• Eze is on the watch list for the Wuerffel Trophy, presented annually to the FBS player who best combines exemplary community service with leadership achievement on and off the field. 
• Hodges-Tomlinson was 2020 First-Team All-Big 12 and received All-America honors last season from the Associated Press and Pro Football Focus (PFF). 
• PFF rated Hodges-Tomlinson as the nation's highest-graded cornerback in coverage at 89.1, allowing 12 catches on 45 targets over the final nine games of the season. His 13 pass breakups led the Big 12 and were second nationally. The junior had 26 stops on the season.  
• Hodges-Tomlinson has been named to the Preseason All-Big 12 defensive team, as chosen by media representatives who cover the league, has been named a second-team preseason All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, and has been named a Preseason All-American by Pro Football Focus.  
• Hodges-Tomlinson has been named to the watch list for the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award, presented annually to the nation's top defensive back.  
• Hodges-Tomlinson has been named to the watch list for the Lott IMPACT Trophy. Named after Pro Football Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott, the Lott IMPACT Trophy recognizes the nation's top defensive player in terms of his impact on and off the field.  
• Last season, Mathis, at defensive end, led the Big 12 and ranked 12th nationally in sacks per game at 0.9.  
• A second-team all-conference selection last season, Mathis recorded a team-best nine sacks for the most by a Horned Frog since Mat Boesen had 11.5 in 2017.  
• Mathis in 2020 placed second on TCU with 14 tackles for loss (TFL), which ranked third in the Big 12 and tied for 12th in the FBS. The junior had at least one TFL in nine of 10 games and placed fourth on TCU with 46 tackles. Mathis started all 10 games, marking his second straight season of starting every contest.  
• Mathis has been named to the Preseason All-Big 12 defensive team and was named second-team edge rusher, Pro Football Focus Preseason All-Big 12 team. Hodges-Tomlinson and Mathis have been named to the watch list for the 2021 Chuck Bednarik Award, presented to the nation's top defensive player.
• The duo also has been named to the watch list for the 2021 Bronko Nagurski Trophy, recognizing college football's defensive player of the year. 
• Mathis and TCU defensive end Khari Coleman have been named to the watch list for the Ted Hendricks Award, presented to the nation's top defensive end. TCU is one of four schools nationally to have more than one player on the list. 
• Sandy has been named to the watch list for the Ray Guy Award, honoring the nation's top collegiate punter. 
• Sandy, from Traralgon, Australia, was Second-Team All-Big 12 last season. His 41.0 punting average, which placed second in the Big 12, was the highest by a Horned Frog since Ethan Perry's 44.5 mark in 2012. He had eight punts of at least 50 yards. 
• The Frogs’ Derius Davis, an electrifying kick returner and receiver, has been named a Preseason All-American by Pro Football Focus, and a Preseason All-American punt returner by Phil Steele's College Football Preview. 
• Davis has been named to the watch list for the Paul Hornung Award, recognizing the nation's most versatile player. 
• Davis led the Big 12 and ranked fifth nationally last season in punt return average at 14.5 yards. He was one of only three players in the FBS with two punt returns for touchdowns, reaching the end zone from 67 and 37 yards against Baylor and Kansas, respectively. He is tied for second in TCU history with three career punt return touchdowns on 17 attempts. 
• Evans, Duggan and Johnston have been named to the watch list for the Ninth Annual Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award.  
• The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award recognizes the top offensive player in Division I football who also exhibits the enduring characteristics that define 1977 Heisman Trophy winner Earl Campbell: integrity, performance, teamwork, sportsmanship, drive, community and tenacity — specifically tenacity to persist and determination to overcome adversity and injury in pursuit of reaching goals. In addition, the nominee must meet one or more of the following criteria: born in Texas and/or graduated from a Texas high school and/or played at a Texas-based junior college or four-year Division I college in Texas. 
• TCU players on this season's Reese’s Senior bowl watch list are: Eze, Davis, Van Zandt, Noah Daniels and Spielman.
• TCU has had at least one player selected to play in the Senior Bowl every year since 2015.   
• It has been four years since TCU finished a season ranked in the Top 25. It’s the longest rankings drought of any point in Patterson’s 21 years as the Horned Frogs head coach. 
• Patterson is TCU's overall winningest head football coach. Patterson's TCU head coaching record is 170-75. 
• Patterson’s 170 victories are the most by an active head coach nationally at his current school. His winning percentage 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. 
• Under Patterson, TCU has won six conference championships, in three different leagues -- Conference USA (2002), the Mountain West (2005, 2009, 2010, 2011) and the Big 12 Conference (2014). Patterson also has been named Coach of the Year in each of those conferences. 
• The Horned Frogs have won at least 10 games in 11 seasons under Patterson. Prior to his arrival on campus in 1998, TCU had four 10-win seasons in its history. 
• During his TCU tenure, including three seasons as defensive coordinator (1998-00), Patterson has seen TCU earn 20 bowl trips. TCU is 13-6 in bowl games with Patterson on its coaching staff and 11-6 with him as head coach. Before the Patterson era, the Horned Frogs had only four bowl wins in their history. 
• TCU’s biggest bowl win, and perhaps its biggest win overall, during Patterson’s tenure was the 20-19 victory over Wisconsin in the 2011 Rose Bowl. 
• TCU has 32 active NFL players, with 21 teams having at least one Horned Frog. The Green Bay Packers (Innis Gaines, Vernon Scott, Ty Summers), Houston Texans (Ross Blacklock, Marcus Cannon, Garret Wallow) and Indianapolis Colts (Darius Anderson, Ben Banogu, Joey Hunt) are tied for the most Horned Frogs on the roster with three.

West Virginia Notables:

• West Virginia University is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia.
• The West Virginia Legislature created the Agricultural College of West Virginia on February 7, 1867, and the school officially opened on September 2 of the same year.
• On December 4, 1868, lawmakers renamed the college West Virginia University to represent a broader range of higher education.
• Enrollment is about 30,000.
• West Virginia joined the Big 12 with TCU on July 1, 2012.
• West Virginia’s head football coach is Neal Brown, who took over the program prior to the 2019 season. Prior to going to West Virginia, Brown was the head football coach at Troy from 2015-18.
• Brown’s record at West Virginia is 13-15 overall, 7-13 Big 12.
• This season, West Virginia is 2-4, 0-3 Big 12.
• The Mountaineers have beaten Long Island University, 66-0, and Virginia Tech, 27-21.
• West Virginia has lost to Oklahoma, 16-13, Baylor, 45-20, Maryland, 30-24, and Texas Tech, 23-20.
• TCU and West Virginia have met 10 times on the football field. The Mountaineers lead the series, 6-4.
• Since the two teams have been in the Big 12, they have met nine times. West Virginia leads, 5-4. 
• TCU is 2-2 versus the Mountaineers in Fort Worth, 2-3 in Morgantown, and 0-1 at neutral sites (Houston; 1984 Bluebonnet Bowl).
• Patterson is 4-5 versus West Virginia. 
• Brown is 2-0 against Patterson, winning 20-17 in 2019, in Fort Worth, and 24-6 in 2020, in Morgantown.
• West Virginia’s offense averages 28.33 points per game.
• The Mountaineers average 374.2 total yards per game.
• The Mountaineers average 108.3 yards rushing per game. They have scored 11 rushing touchdowns.
• West Virginia averages 265.83 yards passing per game. They have scored eight touchdowns through the air.
• The Mountaineer’s offense has allowed 16 sacks.
• Redshirt senior quarterback Jarret Doege (#2) has completed 118-of-181 passes for 1,444 yards. He has thrown eight touchdown passes and five interceptions.
• Junior wide receiver Winston Wright (#1) has caught 32 passes for 364 yards.
• Redshirt junior wide receiver Sam James (#13) has caught 22 passes for 302 yards and three touchdowns.
• Junior wide receiver Sean Ryan (#10) has caught two touchdown passes.
• Redshirt senior wide receiver Isaiah Esdale (#9), redshirt junior wide receiver
• Bryce Ford-Wheaton (#0) and senior running back Leddie Brown (#4) have each caught one touchdown pass.
• Brown has run with the football 95 times for 434 yards and six touchdowns.
• Redshirt freshman quarterback Garrett Greene (#6) has four rushing touchdowns.
• Redshirt freshman running back A’Varius Sparrow (#22) has one rushing touchdown.
• West Virginia’s offense has lost five-of-13 fumbles and has allowed 17 sacks.\
• West Virginia’s defense is allowing opponents to score an average of 22.50 points per game.
• Opponents average 350.2 total yards per game against the Mountaineers.
• West Virginia’s opponents are averaging 101.7 yards rushing per game. They have scored five rushing touchdowns.
• Opponents are averaging 248.50 yards passing against West Virginia. They have scored 10 touchdowns through the air.
• West Virginia’s defense has forced five fumbles, recovering one.
• The Mountaineers have intercepted two passes.
• West Virginia has sacked opposing quarterbacks 16 times.
• Senior linebacker Josh Chandler-Semedo (#7) leads the Mounatineers’ defense with 49 total tackles, 1.5 for loss.
• Redshirt senior safety Sean Mahone (#29) has 44 tackles, three for loss.
• Redshirt junior defensive lineman Taijh Alston (#12) has four sacks and seven tackles for loss.
• Senior defensive lineman Dante Stills (#55) has four sacks and seven tackles for loss.
• Redshirt sophomore bandit Jared Bartlett (#10) has three sacks and four tackles for loss.
• Redshirt senior punter Tyler Sumpter (#35) has punted 23 times for an average of 44.39 yards per punt. He has a long punt of 72 yards. He has not had a punt blocked.
• Redshirt junior kicker Casey Legg (#48) has made 10-of-10 field goal attempts. He has a long field goal of 44 yards. He has not had a field goal attempt blocked. He also has converted 18-of-18 extra-point kicks. He leads the Mountaineers in scoring with 48 points.

2021 TCU Football Fan Guide: here

2021 TCU Football Fact Book: here

2021 TCU Football Roster: here

2021 TCU Football Schedule: here

2019-2020 TCU Athletics Annual Report: here 

2021 TCU Fall Sports Guide: here

2021 Gary Patterson Luncheon Series: Remaining Gary Patterson/Frog Club luncheons, sponsored by Origin Bank: November 4 and November 18. The luncheons are at noon in the new Legends Club & Suites, located on the east side of Amon G. Carter Stadium.  TCU Frog Club members receive discounts on luncheon tickets. Additional information and tickets: here  

2021 Gary Patterson Radio Show: The 2021 Gary Patterson Radio Show presented by PNC Bank takes place every Thursday of the TCU football season. The show is held in the Railhead Smokehouse on Montgomery Street in Fort Worth. The show is hosted by Brian Estridge. The show airs live from 6 pm to 7 pm CT on 92.1 FM KTFW and 88.7 FM KTCU. TCU fans are welcomed to attend the show.

2021 TCU Store: Gear up for TCU sports: here

2021 TCU Spirit: here  

2021 TCU Athletics Ticket Information: here   

2021 TCU Athletics Staff Directory: here 

2021 TCU Athletics Compliance: TCU is committed and obligated to the principle of institutional control in operating its Athletics department in a manner that is consistent with the letter and the spirit of the NCAA, Big 12 and University rules and regulations. Additional information: here

2021 West Virginia Football Guide: here

2021 West Virginia Football Roster:  here

2021 West Virginia Football Schedule: here  

West Virginia Alma Mater: here  

West Virginia Traditions: here

TCU’s Amon G. Carter Stadium: 2020 marked 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.

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

Additional information about TCU's Amon G. Carter Stadium: here

Amon G. Carter Stadium Map: here

Amon G. Carter Stadium Rules and Regulations: here

Items Permitted in TCU Athletic Events: Clear Bag Policy: here

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 permitted.  
• Outside food and drinks ARE NOT permitted.
• Outside seat cushions ARE NOT permitted. 
•  Umbrellas, selfie sticks, artificial noisemakers, strollers, bicycles, fireworks and weapons (including those allowed by permit) ARE NOT permitted.

Additional information: here

2021 TCU Gameday Parking and Traffic Information: here

sEcSPN College GameDay for October 23, 2021: sEcSPN GameDay will be in Pasadena, California, on Saturday, October 23, for the game at the Rose Bowl between UCLA and 10th-ranked Oregon. The Bruins (5-2, 3-1 Pac 12) will take on the Ducks (5-1, 2-1 Pac 12) at 2:30 pm CT, on ABC. During the college football season, GameDay airs live on sEcSPN on Saturdays, from 8 to 11 am (Central).