TCU hosts San Diego State in what should be a season ending, MWC Championship coronation weekend. The seniors will take their final at bats at Lupton Stadium Sunday, and some juniors too. This is a great group that we are letting go, let's not forget what they have done over the years. Coats, Rivera, Jordan, Elander, Merck, Allen and Von Tungeln; Get out and support these athletes, lets get this Championship locked down.

MWC STANDINGS
1. TCU (16-5)
2. New Mexico (16-6)
3. San Diego State (11-10)
4. UNLV (7-17)
5. Air Force (5-17)

RPI
TCU: 29
SDSU: 155

SOS
TCU: 60
SDSU: 42

RANKING
TCU: #20 (Baseball America)
SDSU: n/a

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According to CBSSports.com, The SEC will "announce today an agreement with the Big 12 for their champions to meet in a to-be-determined bowl game if they are not a part of the anticipated four-team playoff beginning in 2014." What does this mean? It means a lot of things, and all of them are good.

First, this puts both conferences in a strong position. This is obviously similar to the Pac-12 and Big Ten agreement, but it will be way better. We have seen how successful the Rose Bowl has been, now when you matchup two teams who are actually good, you will create even more hype. When there is hype, there is money.

This is also very good for TCU. It obviously helps solidify the Big 12 Conference which had been on unstable ground in the past couple of years. It also creates another really good bowl option that the Frogs could play in if they aren’t part of the Final Four. Thank God for no more Poinsettia Bowl!

Now, there is a good chance that this matchup never really works out how it is intended, but I could see them having some type of arrangement like the Rose Bowl does. The biggest questions at this point are where will the game be played, and how does this affect the Fiesta, Sugar, and Cotton Bowl? It is looking like the Sugar Bowl would be the best bet, but as long as it’s not the Fiesta Bowl I will be happy.

This is just another reason to be thankful that TCU got into the Big 12 when they did.

TCU Mens Golf has a big lead after day 1 at the NCAA , TCU Baseball gets after the Aztecs tonight at Lupton... Enjoy your Friday and get out to the ballpark.

TCU Closes Out Regular Season; Hosts San Diego State - Texas Christian University Horned Frogs - Official Athletic Site
Holding a slim one-game lead over New Mexico in the race for the conference championship, the TCU baseball team hosts San Diego State in a pivotal three-game series to close out the regular season. The Frogs will honor the three seniors on Sunday afternoon.

TCU Opens NCAA Regional Strong, Paces Field in Michigan - Texas Christian University Horned Frogs - Official Athletic Site
TCU experienced a hot start to the 2012 NCAA Central Regional Championship Thursday, building an early eight-stroke lead on the rest of the field at the University of Michigan Golf Club. Freshman Julien Brun finished Round 1 with a share of the individual lead.

Horned Frogs Send 22 To NCAA West Preliminary Round In Austin - Texas Christian University Horned Frogs - Official Athletic Site
The TCU track and field program will send 22 student-athletes and three relays to the 2012 NCAA West Preliminary Round next week in Austin.

Have to wonder how much TCU's success factored in to the firing of SMU AD Steve Orsini - The Big Mac Blog
SMU may rank ahead of TCU in academic standings, but the Ponies' inability to match what their cross-town rival has done in athletics likely helped get an AD fired. The Ponies fired AD Steve Orsini today, only a few weeks after he hired Larry Brown as its men's basketball coach....

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Frogs host San Diego State in final series of season.

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College notes...

Big news day yesterday: Sold out stadium, new basketball commit... All good things!

Here are your morning links!

TCU Sells Out Of Football Season Tickets - Texas Christian University Horned Frogs - Official Athletic Site
In preparation for its debut season in the Big 12 this fall, TCU has sold out of football season tickets with a new record-breaking total of 30,000.

TCU Adds Transfer Abron to 2012-13 Roster - Texas Christian University Horned Frogs - Official Athletic Site
TCU men's basketball head coach Trent Johnson has announced the addition of forward Devonta Abron to the team for the 2012-13 season. Abron, a Dallas native, is transferring to the Horned Frog program from Arkansas.

The Future: Cole Ready For Big Things As A Horned Frog - Texas Christian University Horned Frogs - Official Athletic Site
After having one of the most prolific high school careers in Texas 2A history, Kamy Cole could have a huge impact on the TCU women's basketball program during the 2012-13 school year.

Notes On A Scorecard - Texas Christian University Horned Frogs - Official Athletic Site
TCU director of intercollegiate athletics Chris Del Conte discusses the hot topics around the Horned Frogs.

Most indispensable player: TCU - Big 12 Blog - ESPN
Why TCU can't afford to lose him: Pachall didn't put up huge stats as a first-year starter and replacement for Andy Dalton, but he was really good and had three backs on his team that each had at least 100 carries.

Fans welcome new head basketball coach | TCU 360 - with news and sports from the TCU Daily Skiff, TCU News Now and Image magazine
Director of Athletics Chris Del Conte along with Chancellor Victor Boschini and over 100 men’s basketball fans welcomed men’s basketball Head Coach Trent Johnson to the university at a reception in Dee J. Kelly Alumni Visitor’s Center on Monday evening.

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TCU golfer Julien Brun's results are the best in program history.

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TCU Baseball notes...

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College notes

TCU sells out season football tickets for first time | Dallas-Fort Worth Sports News - Sports...
With newly revamped stadium and new membership in the Big 12, the Horned Frogs top 30,000 season tickets and sell out general admission for 2012.

From TCU Athletics:

FORT WORTH—TCU men’s basketball head coach Trent Johnson has announced the addition of forward Devonta Abron to the team for the 2012-13 season. Abron, a Dallas native, is transferring to the Horned Frog program from Arkansas.

A 6-8, 255-pound product of Seagoville High School, Abron appeared in all 32 games for the Razorbacks last season as a true freshman, making 22 starts for a squad that posted an 18-14 overall record. He scored 5.7 points per game while leading Arkansas in rebounding average at 4.2 boards in just over 16 minutes per contest.

“Devonta is a big addition for our program,” Johnson said. “He is a great kid who has been a starter from a program that has played at a high level in a major conference. He is just another example of the type of player our staff is looking for as we enter the Big 12 Conference next season.”

Abron paced Arkansas in rebounding six times in 2011-12 while reaching double figures in boards on four occasions. One of his top performances came in a Dec. 3 road matchup at UConn when he set a career high with 16 rebounds, including 12 on the offensive glass. He set his career scoring high with 12 points Nov. 30 against Mississippi Valley State, one of five games in which he reached double figures.

Prior to joining Arkansas, Abron starred for Seagoville High School in Dallas, where he was rated as the nation’s No. 21 power forward prospect by Rivals.com and a three-star recruit by several outlets prior to his senior season. He earned 2011 Parade Third-Team All-America honors following his final campaign after averaging 24.8 points and 9.4 rebounds per contest. Following the season, Abron starred in the Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star game played at TCU’s Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, earning MVP honors after posting 27 points and 10 rebounds.

Abron led District 4A-11 in both scoring (24.8 ppg) and rebounding (13.4 rpg) during his junior season in 2009-10 while being named Offensive Player of the Year. Overall in his Dragon career, he was named all-district three times while helping lead his squad to the state playoffs on two occasions. Among Abron’s other career highlights was a 50-point game as a sophomore in 2009 against North Dallas. He played AAU ball for the Dallas Mustangs.

Abron becomes the fourth addition to the TCU program for next season, joining incoming prep players Aaron Durley, Charles Hill and Clyde Smith III.

If you are a TCU fan you have heard the smack talk from opposing fans that goes something like…TCU can’t even fill its own stadium, TCU uses opposing fans to fill Among G. Carter, TCU will never go to a BCS bowl, TCU wouldn’t survive being in a "real" conference…I could go on and on.

With The Carter officially selling out today, and TCU setting a new record of 30,000 season tickets sold, the haters are running out of ammunition. Opposing fans said "TCU couldn’t sell out its stadium" and Frog fans packed it for Texas Tech, Baylor, and Utah. Then it was, "oh, but you can’t do that consistently," and Frog fans sold out The Carter in 10 of the last 14 games. Today is a great day for TCU fans everywhere. No longer can the rednecks in Lubbock or the clowns in Waco spew their same tired, old, nonsense. Selling out the new stadium before TCU is even officially in the Big 12 shows how incredibly fired up the TCU community and city of Ft. Worth are about the Frogs.

TCU has three straight Mountain West Conference titles, back-to-back BCS games, a Rose Bowl win, and now a sold out stadium. There is really only one thing left to do and that is to win the whole f’ing thing! TCU is embarking on a new journey and I have no doubt that Big 12 titles and National Championships will be flooding into Ft. Worth before too long. The haters better get their shots in now, because your ammunition is running low.