2024-25 College Football Playoff and College Bowl Game Schedules Announced

 

The schedules for the 2024-25 College Football Playoff and other college bowl games have been announced.

The four first-round College Football Playoff games will be on Friday, December 20, and Saturday, December 21. ABC and ESPN will televise the Friday and Saturday night games, which will begin at 7 pm (CT). TNT will televise the Saturday afternoon games at 11 am (CT) and 3 pm (CT).  

Participants in the four first-round games, which will be played on college campuses, will be announced on December 8.

In the expanded College Football Playoff, the top four conference champions will receive first-round byes.

Quarterfinal games will begin on December 31, with the Fiesta Bowl at 6:30 pm (CT). New Year's Day will kick off with the Peach Bowl at noon (CT), followed by the Rose Bowlat 4 pm (CT) and the Sugar Bowl at 7:45 pm (CT).

The two semifinals games will be played in the Orange Bowl, on January 9, and the Cotton Bowl, on January 10. Both games will have 6:30 pm start times.

The championship game will be played on January 20, in Atlanta.

Here is the schedule for the other 2024-25 college football bowl games (the date and time for the Holiday Bowl will be announced later):

*All times are CST

Saturday, Dec. 14

Cricket Celebration Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
11 a.m., ABC

Camellia Bowl
Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, Alabama)
8 p.m., ESPN

Tuesday, Dec. 17

Boca Raton Bowl
FAU Stadium (Boca Raton, Florida)
4:30 p.m., ESPN

Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl
Toyota Stadium (Frisco, Texas)
8 p.m., ESPN

Wednesday, Dec. 18

LA Bowl
SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, California)
8 p.m., ESPN

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Caesars Superdome (New Orleans)
6 p.m., ESPN2

Friday, Dec. 20

StaffDNA Cure Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
11 a.m., ESPN

Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
2:30 p.m., ESPN

Monday, Dec. 23

Myrtle Beach Bowl
Brooks Stadium (Conway, South Carolina)
10 a.m., ESPN

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Albertsons Stadium (Boise, Idaho)
1:30 p.m., ESPN

Tuesday, Dec. 24

Hawai'i Bowl
Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex (Honolulu)
7 p.m., ESPN

Thursday, Dec. 26

Detroit Bowl
Ford Field (Detroit)
1 p.m., ESPN

Guaranteed Rate Bowl
Chase Field (Phoenix)
4:30 p.m., ESPN

68 Ventures Bowl
Hancock Whitney Stadium (Mobile, Alabama)
8 p.m., ESPN

Friday, Dec. 27

Birmingham Bowl
Protective Stadium (Birmingham, Alabama)
11 a.m. or 2:30 p.m., ESPN

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Amon G. Carter Stadium (Fort Worth, Texas)
11 a.m. or 2:30 p.m., ESPN

AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis, Tennessee)
6 p.m., ESPN

SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas)
9:30 p.m., ESPN

Saturday, Dec. 28

Wasabi Fenway Bowl
Fenway Park (Boston)
10 a.m., ESPN

Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl
Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York)
11 a.m., ABC

Isleta New Mexico Bowl
University Stadium (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
1:15 p.m., ESPN

Pop-Tarts Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
2:30 p.m., ABC

Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop
Arizona Stadium (Tucson, Arizona)
3:30 p.m., CW Network

Go Bowling Military Bowl
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Maryland)
4:45 p.m., ESPN

Valero Alamo Bowl
Alamodome (San Antonio)
6:30 p.m., ABC

Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
Independence Stadium (Shreveport, Louisiana)
8:15 p.m., ESPN

Monday, Dec. 30

Transperfect Music City Bowl
Nissan Stadium (Nashville, Tennessee)
1:30 p.m., ESPN

Tuesday, Dec. 31

ReliaQuest Bowl
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
11 a.m., ESPN

Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl Stadium (El Paso, Texas)
1 p.m., CBS

Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
2 p.m., ABC

Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium (Houston)
2:30 p.m., ESPN

Thursday, Jan. 2

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville, Florida)
6:30 p.m. ESPN

Friday, Jan. 3

SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Dallas)
3 p.m., ESPN

Duke's Mayo Bowl
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina)
6:30 p.m., ESPN

Saturday, Jan. 4

Bahamas Bowl
Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium (Nassau, Bahamas)
10 a.m., ESPN2

 

 

 

TCU Athletics 2024 Hall of Fame Class Features Seven Horned Frogs

 

The TCU Athletics 2024 Hall of Fame class features seven Horned Frogs. They are: Marcus Cannon '10 (football); Jason Coats '12 (baseball); Lisa Ford '90 (track & field); Tom Hoge '11 (men's golf); Helena Sverrisdottir '11 (women's basketball); David Walker '83 (track & field); and former men's tennis coach Bernard James "Tut" Bartzen.

The 57th TCU Athletics Hall of Fame class will be inducted on the evening of Thursday, October 3, and will be honored at TCU's home football game against Houston on Friday, October 4.
 
Marcus Cannon, Football: Cannon helped guide the Horned Frogs to a 25-1 record in his final two seasons, which led to TCU defeating Wisconsin in the 2011 Rose Bowl – the final game Cannon would play in as a Horned Frog. He was a three-time All-Mountain West Conference selection from 2008-10 and was named to three different All-America Teams following his senior campaign in 2010. Cannon also excelled in track & field, earning runner-up honors in the shot-put event at the 2009 MWC Championships.
 
Cannon was selected in the 5th Round, 138th overall, by the New England Patriots in the 2011 NFL Draft. He played 12 years in the NFL. He was named All-Pro in 2016 and helped guide New England to three Super Bowl Titles (XLIX, LI, LII).
 
Cannon will be the 159th TCU football player inducted into the Hall of Fame.
 
Jason Coats, Baseball: Coats helped guide the TCU Baseball team to 177 wins and four-consecutive Mountain West Conference Championships from 2009-12. His game-winning hit against Oregon State in 2009 propelled TCU to its first-ever NCAA Super Regional appearance. One year later, he helped the Horned Frogs earn the program's first College World Series appearance in 2010.
 
A three-time All-MWC selection from 2010-12, Coats' TCU career included 234 games played, 909 at-bats, 304 hits, 202 RBI, and 12 triples. He ranks among the program's all-time top-five players in eight career offensive categories. He is TCU's all-time leader with 69 career doubles.
 
Coats was drafted in the 12th Round of the MLB Draft by the Baltimore Orioles in 2011, but declined and returned to TCU. He was drafted the following year by the Chicago White Sox in the 29th Round of the 2012 MLB Draft. He made his MLB debut with the White Sox on June 4, 2016.
 
Coats will be the 62nd TCU baseball player inducted into the Hall of Fame.
 
Lisa Ford, Women's Track & Field: Ford set numerous NCAA qualifying marks in the Indoor 55m and 200m events, as well as the Outdoor 100m and 200m events during a four-year career at TCU. She earned All-American honors in the Indoor 200m in 1988.
 
Ford set the Indoor 200m school record with a time of 24.03 in 1988, and the record remained for nearly 10 years before it was broken by Giesla Jackson in 1998 (23.57). She also established the school record in the Indoor 55m event with a time of 6.91 seconds that year – a time that still ranks seventh-fastest in school history today.
 
Ford set the school record in the Outdoor 200m event with a time of 23.01 in 1988 – a mark that was broken by TCU Hall of Famer Beverly McDonald in 1993 (22.67). Ford was a track and field Team MVP and also was named the school's Athlete of the Year.
 
Ford will be the eighth women's track and field inductee into the TCU Hall of Fame.
 
Tom Hoge, Men's Golf: Hoge was a four-year letterwinner for the Horned Frogs from 2007-11. He won a pair of tournament individual medalist honors (2008, 2011) during the regular season, notched a pair of top-five finishes at the 2009 (T-3rd) and 2011 (T-5th) MWC Championships and was an All-MWC selection his senior year in 2011.
 
Hoge was named a PING Honorable Mention All-American in 2009 after finishing in a tie for third-place with a score of 3-under par at the NCAA National Championships. He was the first Horned Frog in school history to finish top-5 at the NCAA Championships.
 
Hoge, who finished his career at TCU with a 73.82 career scoring average, was a three-time Academic All-MWC (2009-11) honoree, and a two-time Cleveland Golf/SRIXON Academic All-American (2010-11). He ranks No. 9 all-time in school history with 11 eagles and No. 10 all-time with 356 career birdies.
 
Hoge joined the PGA Tour in 2015. He won his first event, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, on February 6, 2022. He has made 158 cuts in 269 tournament appearances, compiling two runner-up finishes, four top-three finishes and 15 top-five finishes overall. His best finish in a Major came in 2022 when he finished in a tie for ninth-place at the PGA Championship.
 
Hoge will be the eighth men's golf athlete inducted into the TCU Hall of Fame.
 
Helena Sverrisdottir, Women's Basketball: Sverrisdottir was a four-time All-Mountain West Conference selection for the Horned Frogs from 2007-11, becoming the first women's basketball player in school history to earn three-straight First Team honors. Only Zahna Medley (2014-16) has matched back-to-back-to-back All-Conference First Team selections.
 
Sverrisdottir was named the MWC Freshman of the Year in 2007-08. She was named the league's Player of the Year following her junior campaign in 2009-10. She remains TCU's all-time leader in Player of the Week awards, earning the honor nine different times in her career.
 
Sverrisdottir, who hails from Hafnarfjordur, Iceland, is the only player in school history to score at least 1,700 points, post at least 800 rebounds and tally 500 assists in a career. She currently ranks No. 1 all-time in career assists (546) and games started (127), while ranking No. 3 all-time with 826 career rebounds. She is No. 4 all-time in points scored (1,764) and No. 5 all-time in steals (227).
 
Sverrisdottir continued her playing career as a professional in Europe, where she helped lead Haukar to a national championship in 2018. She also played for Valur, where she was named Player of the Year and led the team to a national championship in 2019. She continues to play and coach in her native Iceland today.
 
Sverrisdottir will be the fifth women's basketball athlete inducted into the TCU Hall of Fame.
 
David Walker, Men's Track & Field: Walker was a 1983 All-American, where he ran the anchor leg for TCU's National Champion 4x400m relay team. He was also a member of the 4x100m relay team that finished in fourth-place that same year.
 
Walker's 4x400m relay team ran a time of 3:02.09 to win the National Championship and set a school record in the event – a record that remains today.
 
An All-Southwest Conference honoree for the Horned Frogs from 1979-83, Walker was invited to the Olympic Trials in 1980, where he qualified for the team, but his Olympic dream fell short as the games were boycotted by the USA.
 
Walker will be inducted into the Hall of Fame as this year's Vintage Honoree. He will be the 35th men's track and field athlete inducted into the TCU Hall of Fame.
 
Bernard James "Tut" Bartzen: Bartzen served as TCU's head men's tennis coach from 1974-1998. He led the Horned Frogs to five regular-season conference titles and eight conference tournament championships between the Southwest and Western Athletic Conferences.
 
Bartzen compiled a career record of 528-203 (.722). He posted 12 20-win seasons and guided the Horned Frogs to the NCAA Final Four twice (1989 and 1996), and the National Indoor Team Finals in 1992. He was a five-time Region VI Coach of the Year honoree and was named SWC Coach of the Year six times. He was named the ITCA National Coach of the Year in 1982.
 
Bartzen's teams were ranked nationally 19 times during a 20-year stretch, while making a total of 13 NCCA Championship appearances. He coached David Pate and Karl Richter to the NCAA Doubles National title, and later helped guide Paul Robinson and David Roditi to three NCAA National Doubles titles. He mentored 18 different players who garnered 49 all-conference honors, 16 players that earned 37 ITA All-American honors and was instrumental in seven former players becoming TCU Hall of Famers (Esteban Carril, Randy Crawford, Pate, Richter, Robinson, Julius Truelson and Roditi).
 
Roditi, TCU's current head men's tennis coach, was a part of Bartzen's 1996 Final Four team. Devin Brown, who is TCU men's tennis assistant coach, was part of four straight NCAA Tournament teams under Bartzen from 1991-94.
 
Bartzen, who passed away on July 10, 2019, is a 1982 Texas Tennis Hall of Fame inductee and a 1992 Texas Sports Hall of Fame inductee. In 1995, while head coach at TCU, the TCU Board of Trustees named the six stadium courts at Bayard H. Freidman Tennis Center the "Bernard J. "Tut" Bartzen Varsity Tennis Courts.
 
Bartzen, who will be inducted as a Special Contributor, will be the first head coach that did not play a sport at TCU to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

 

 

Three Horned Frogs Selected in 2024 NFL Draft; Five Sign as Free Agents

 

Three former TCU football players were selected in the 2024 National Football League (NFL) Draft, which was held in Detroit.

Offensive lineman Brandon Coleman was the highest-drafted Horned Frog. Coleman was taken in the third round by Washington. Tight end Jared Wiley was selected by Kansas City in the fourth round. Cincinnati took cornerback Josh Newton in the fifth round.

Five former TCU football players signed undrafted free agent contracts. They were Millard Bradford, Emani Bailey, Mark Perry, Andrew Coker and Willis Patrick.

Coleman, who was a TCU team captain, was a two-time All-Big 12 selection and 2023 Honorable-Mention Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year. He also was Academic All-Big 12. 

Coleman started 34 of the last 35 games he played for the Horned Frogs. During his TCU career, he played every position on the offensive line except center.

Coleman is the first Horned Frog drafted by Washington since wide receiver Josh Doctson was a first-round selection in 2016.

Wiley joins former TCU offensive lineman Lucas Niang in Kansas City. The Chiefs are the two-time defending Super Bowl Champions. 

Wiley is the first TCU tight end drafted since Matt Schobel in 2002 by the Bengals. 

A team captain, two-time All-Big 12 Conference selection and 2023 Honorable-Mention Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, Wiley had a team-best 47 receptions to rank fourth nationally for Power Five tight ends in 2023. He topped TCU with eight touchdown catches, to tie for the national lead among players at his position. 

Wiley set a career-high in receptions in each of the final three games of the season. His 178 yards receiving in a 42-17 win over Baylor broke TCU and Big 12 records for a tight end and were the most nationally by a player at that position for the year. He totaled seven catches, including touchdowns of 81 and 28 yards, in the rout of the Bears. The 81-yard score was the longest reception of his career. He closed the season with a personal-best eight catches and two touchdowns at Oklahoma. He recorded at least one catch in all 12 contests with multiple receptions in 10 games.
  
Newton earned All-Big 12 Conference honors his last two seasons with TCU. A team captain in 2023, he started all 27 games over his two years at TCU. 
 
Newton recorded a team-best nine pass breakups to go with an interception and 33 tackles in 2023. His pick was returned 53 yards in the 34-17 win over SMU. 
 
In TCU’s 2022 run to the College Football Playoff National Championship, Newton ranked second on TCU and in the Big 12 with 12 pass breakups. His three interceptions tied for second on the Horned Frogs. One of his picks was returned 57 yards for a touchdown in the 62-14 victory over Iowa State. He totaled 35 stops on the year, including three tackles with one for loss in the CFP Semifinal win over Michigan. He also recorded a tackle for loss on his first snap as a Horned Frog in the season opening 38-13 win at Colorado.

Newton gives the Horned Frogs four defensive backs in the NFL, a total that includes former Jim Thorpe Award winners Tre'von Moehrig (Las Vegas Raiders) and Tre Tomlinson (Los Angeles Rams). Newton is the first TCU player selected by the Bengals since Paul Dawson in 2015.

Under Head Coach Sonny Dykes, TCU has had 11 players drafted in the last two seasons.

Bradford was signed as a free agent by the New Orleans Saints. At TCU, Bradford was an honorable mention All-Big 12 safety after being fifth on the team in tackles in 2022 and 2023. Bradford started all 12 games he appeared in during the run to the national title game in 2022.

The Kansas City Chiefs signed Bailey to a free-agent contract. In 2023, he was one of the top running backs in the Big 12 with over 1,200 yards and eight touchdowns in his lone season as a starter at TCU. 

Perry signed as a free agent with the Miami Dolphins. The safety was a two-year startedr for the Horned Frogs after transferring in from Colorado before the 2022 season. Perry was second on in the team in tackles in the 2022 season with 84 stops and 6.5 tackles for loss. 

Coker signed as a free agent with the Las Vegas Raiders. Coker started over 40 games during his time at TCU. 

The Los Angeles Chargers signed Patrick as a free agent. Patrick transferred to TCU from Jackson State and was TCU’s best interior offensive lineman in 2023. 

The Horned Frogs have 31 players active in the NFL.

Twenty NFL teams have at least one Horned Frog on the roster. The Los Angeles Chargers have the most TCU players, with four (Derius Davis, Max Duggan, Quentin Johnston, Willis Patrick).

Horned Frogs in Professional Baseball in 2024

TCU Baseball Records Best Start in Program History at 12-0

 

1) Defeated Florida Gulf Coast, 10-9
2) Defeated Florida Gulf Coast, 13-10
3) Defeated Florida Gulf Coast, 11-6
4) Defeated Texas State, 6-5
5) Defeated #20 UCLA, 4-3
6) Defeated #20 UCLA, 6-3
7) Defeated # 20 UCLA, 13-3 (seven innings, 10-run rule)
8) Defeated Washington State, 8-7 (12 innings)
9) Defeated Arizona, 6-1
10) Defeated USC, 9-8 (11 innings) (Globe Life Field, Arlington)
11) Defeated Arizona State, 11-9 (Globe Life Field, Arlington)
12) Defeated USC, 9-5 (Globe Life Field)

TCU's Niang Wins Second Super Bowl with Kansas City Chiefs

Lucas Niang

 

Former TCU offensive lineman Lucas Niang is a Super Bowl champion for the second straight season as his Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime on February 11, 2024, in Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.

Niang, who played in 18 games this season, including last night, is one of 23 Horned Frogs with a Super Bowl championship ring. He is one of five Horned Frogs with multiple rings, trailing only Larry Brown and Marcus Cannon who won three each with the Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots, respectively.

Niang was a third-round draft pick of the Chiefs in 2020. He was a four-year letterman (2016-19) for the Horned Frogs and an All-Big 12 selection in 2018. He played in 44 games with 27 starts in his TCU career and did not allow a sack his final two years.

TCU has had at least one player in the Super Bowl in 10 of the last 11 seasons. 

The Horned Frogs were also represented in this year's Super Bowl by Dee Winters, Matt Pryor and Jason Verrett of the 49ers. 

Overall, TCU has 29 former players on active NFL rosters.

Twelve different TCU players have been on Super Bowl winning teams in the last 18 seasons. 

TCU Players on Super Bowl Championship Teams

Josh Boyce – New England Patriots (Super Bowl XLIX)
Larry Brown – Dallas Cowboys (Super Bowl XXVII, XXVIII, XXX)
Norm Bulaich – Baltimore Colts (Super Bowl V)
Marcus Cannon – New England Patriots (Super Bowl XLIX, LI, LIII)
Tommy Joe Crutcher – Green Bay Packers (Super Bowl I, II)
Charles Davis – Pittsburgh Steelers (Super Bowl IX)
Norm Evans – Miami Dolphins (Super Bowl VI, VII)
Clint Gresham – Seattle Seahawks (Super Bowl XLVIII)
Gaylon Hyder – St. Louis Rams (Super Bowl XXXIV)
Travin Howard – Los Angeles Rams (Super Bowl LVI)
Cedric James – New England Patriots (Super Bowl XXXIX)
Bob Lilly – Dallas Cowboys (Super Bowl VI)
James Maness – Chicago Bears (Super Bowl XX)
Mickey McCarty – Kansas City Chiefs (Super Bowl IV)
Marshall Newhouse – Green Bay Packers (Super Bowl XLV)
Lucas Niang – Kansas City Chiefs (Super Bowl LVII, LVIII)
Joe Noteboom – Los Angeles Rams (Super Bowl LVI)
Jared Retkofsky – Pittsburgh Steelers (Super Bowl XLIII)
Bo Schobel – Indianapolis Colts (Super Bowl XLI)
Michael Toudouze – Indianapolis Colts (Super Bowl XLI)
Greg Townsend – Los Angeles Raiders (Super Bowl XVIII)
Ryan Tucker – St. Louis Rams (Super Bowl XXXIV)
Halapoulivaati Vaitai – Philadelphia Eagles (Super Bowl LII)

 

 

2024 TCU Football Schedule

TCU opens its 2024 football season on Friday, August 30, at Stanford. 

TCU’s home opener will be Sept. 7 versus LIU.

TCU will begin Big 12 play when it hosts UCF on September 14. 

With construction taking place at Kansas’ Memorial Stadium, TCU’s September28 game with the Jayhawks will be held at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, home of the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs.

Here is TCU's 2024 football schedule:

August 30: at Stanford
September 7: LIU
September 14: UCF (Big 12)
September 21: at SMU
September 28: at Kansas (Big 12; Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City)
October 4 or 5: Houston (Big 12)
October 19: at Utah (Big 12)
October 26: Texas Tech (Big 12)
November 2: at Baylor (Big 12)
November : Oklahoma State (Big 12)
November 23: Arizona (Big 12)
November 30: at Cincinnati (Big 12)
 
All kickoff times and TV broadcast details are to be announced.

2024 football schedules for Big 12 teams: here