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Former Neville star turning heads at TCU | The News Star

Two articles in two days that mention KaVontae Turpin.

Turpin has impressed the TCU coaches returning both punts and kicks just one week into fall camp, even turning the head of head coach Gary Patterson according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

TCU, Baylor know how Big 12 can avoid another playoff snub | NCAA.com

It's simple, just go undefeated.

TCU coach Gary Patterson and Baylor's Art Briles know a way for their teams and the Big 12 Conference to avoid being left out of the College Football Playoff again — go 12-0.

Former Frogs

TCU ex Darrell Browder will join SWC Hall of Fame | Fort Worth Star Telegram

Darrell Browder is one of the best Horned Frogs to ever wear a basketball jersey, and he's now one of nine players being inducted into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame.

Browder finished with 1,886 points (all-time leader in TCU history) while averaging 16.1 points per game for his career. He still holds career records for minutes played (4,378) and field goals (803) while ranking among the top five in starts (No. 3, 114), assists (No. 4, 459) and steals (No. 5, 129).


Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article30922602.html#storylink=cpy

Bengals hope Andy Dalton learned a few things from Eli Manning | Associated Press

The Bengals and Giants had a few combined practices over the bast few days, and the Cincy coaches hope Eli rubs off on Dalton a bit.

The main thing for Dalton is to figure out how to finally win a game in the playoffs like Manning. He's led the Bengals to the playoffs each of his first four seasons — Baltimore's Joe Flacco is the only other quarterback to do that during the Super Bowl era — but is 0-4 in those games.