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Pass-catchers and ball carriers, the Horned Frogs have.
“Before I got here, you might have thought, ‘It’s going to be 15 tight ends and five fullbacks,” Meacham said with a smile. “There was some of that. But there were really pieces to the puzzle as to how we would have recruited. I thought it’d be a little more of a process in terms of getting personnel. But it wasn’t. I was pleasantly surprised.”
Linebackers and cornerbacks and safeties, the Horned Frogs need.
“We’ve got a long way to go,” Patterson said. “We’ll lose at least four or five ballgames if the defense doesn’t keep coming. We’ve made a lot of progress; we’ve just got a long way to go.”
The Horned Frogs, missing six starters from a year ago, are likely to start a freshman, Mike Freeze, at linebacker and play two or three others in the season opener at Minnesota.
As fall camp went along, Patterson grew more encouraged about the secondary, particularly the work of the safeties. But injuries slowed the progress of the cornerbacks, and the defensive line — experienced as it is — was largely unimpressive to Patterson.
Which is not surprising. Patterson sets a high bar for his defenses at TCU. This season, with what could be at stake, he has more reason to.
“If everyone thinks we’re coaching them like we think we’re third or second in the nation, it’s not happening,” Patterson said. “Right now, we’re 70th. If we don’t play better on one side of the ball, that’s what we’ll be.”
Patterson knows Meacham and Cumbie have their pieces in place on offense. He wants his side ready to do its part — sooner rather than later.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports...university/article31978758.html#storylink=cpy
Pass-catchers and ball carriers, the Horned Frogs have.
“Before I got here, you might have thought, ‘It’s going to be 15 tight ends and five fullbacks,” Meacham said with a smile. “There was some of that. But there were really pieces to the puzzle as to how we would have recruited. I thought it’d be a little more of a process in terms of getting personnel. But it wasn’t. I was pleasantly surprised.”
Linebackers and cornerbacks and safeties, the Horned Frogs need.
“We’ve got a long way to go,” Patterson said. “We’ll lose at least four or five ballgames if the defense doesn’t keep coming. We’ve made a lot of progress; we’ve just got a long way to go.”
The Horned Frogs, missing six starters from a year ago, are likely to start a freshman, Mike Freeze, at linebacker and play two or three others in the season opener at Minnesota.
As fall camp went along, Patterson grew more encouraged about the secondary, particularly the work of the safeties. But injuries slowed the progress of the cornerbacks, and the defensive line — experienced as it is — was largely unimpressive to Patterson.
Which is not surprising. Patterson sets a high bar for his defenses at TCU. This season, with what could be at stake, he has more reason to.
“If everyone thinks we’re coaching them like we think we’re third or second in the nation, it’s not happening,” Patterson said. “Right now, we’re 70th. If we don’t play better on one side of the ball, that’s what we’ll be.”
Patterson knows Meacham and Cumbie have their pieces in place on offense. He wants his side ready to do its part — sooner rather than later.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports...university/article31978758.html#storylink=cpy