Links O' War: May 1st, 2013

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TCU Blanks Texas Southern, 4-0 - TCU Horned Frogs Official Athletic Site
Five TCU pitchers held Texas Southern to just two hits and just four base runners en route to a 4-0 win Tuesday night at Lupton Stadium. Cody Jones tallied two hits and was on base all four times in the game.

TCU Earns 15th NCAA Championships Bid - TCU Horned Frogs Official Athletic Site
The TCU women's tennis team received a bid to the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row and 15th time in school history Tuesday.

TCU Headed to NCAA Men's Tennis Championship - TCU Horned Frogs Official Athletic Site
TCU was selected to appear in the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship for the 25th time in program history Tuesday. The Frogs earned a No. 3 seed and will face No. 2 seed Drake in first-round action in Los Angeles on May 10.

Baylor’s Art Briles: Why Texas, TCU, Oklahoma State have ‘leg up’ on rest of Big 12 | Dallasnews.com - News for Dallas, Texas - SportsDayDFW
“I think it’s been very open the last few years, but I certainly think this year is evidence that there’s so much parity in college football,” Briles said during an interview on KESN-FM in Dallas this week. “I think when you look at the conference, you look at who’s got returning quarterbacks. And you look at Texas, they’ve got one. TCU potentially has one or two coming back. And Oklahoma State. So those guys that have that man back at that position have a little bit of a leg up because there’s not as many unknowns as there are when you’re breaking a guy in.”

Maponga, Boyce ready for chance in the NFL | TCU 360
After four and a half rounds of watching other defensive ends get selected, Stansly Maponga needed a break from watching the 2013 NFL Draft.

TCU baseball silences Texas Southern, wins 4-0 in two-hitter | TCU 360
TCU pitching choked the offense of Texas Southern, as the Horned Frogs held the Tigers to a mere two hits, and shut them out, winning 4-0.

Schedule analysis: TCU Horned Frogs - Big 12 Blog - ESPN
It's a big season in Fort Worth with lots of expectation and excitement. How does the schedule stack up? Let's take a closer look.

TCU pitching continues to roll, blanks Texas Southern on two-hitter | Dallas-Fort Worth Sport...
If this had been a more typical TCU baseball season, Tuesday’s 4-0 victory against Texas Southern at Lupton Stadium would be just another blip on the big picture.

Different roads for Boyce, Maponga converged at TCU, led to NFL | Dallas-Fort Worth Sports Ne...
Josh Boyce and Stansly Maponga took much different paths to TCU. Boyce was 8 years old, playing PeeWee football in Copperas Cove when he first told his family he’d play in the NFL one day.