Jerry Hughes, gully or straight gully?

Hughes Named Nagurski Trophy Finalist

TCU defensive end is also a finalist for the Rotary Lombardi Award

Nov. 19, 2009

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Football Writers Association of America and Charlotte Touchdown Club have announced TCU defensive end Jerry Hughes as one of five finalists for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, honoring the nation's top defensive player.

It's the second straight season Hughes has been a Nagurski Trophy finalist. This year's other finalists are Iowa linebacker Pat Angerer, Tennessee strong safety Eric Berry, Alabama defensive tackle Terrence Cody and Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh.

Hughes is also one of four finalists for the Rotary Lombardi Award and one of 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. He is a semifinalist for the Lott Trophy and Chuck Bednarik Award. Hughes is also one of just three defensive players to be included among 15 "Players to Watch" for the Walter Camp Football Foundation's 2009 Player of the Year award.

A senior from Sugar Land, Texas, Hughes was named to all five Midseason All-America teams (SI.com, CBSSports.com, Sporting News, CollegeFootballNews.com and Phil Steele's).

With 13 tackles for loss, including 10 1/2 sacks, Hughes has been instrumental in No. 4 TCU's 10-0 season. He totaled eight tackles, including 2 1/2 for loss with 1 1/2 sacks and three quarterback hurries in last week's 55-28 win over Utah. His 49 tackles place third on TCU.

Hughes was a consensus All-American last season when he led the nation with 15 sacks.

Last month, Hughes received a Local Hero Award from Bank of America for his community work. He is on pace to graduate this spring, in four years, with a degree in communications.

Hughes was ranked as the No. 1 defensive end in the nation by Lindy's and Rivals. He has also been rated by Mel Kiper Jr. as the nation's No. 2 defensive end prospect in the 2010 NFL Draft.

Hughes and the other Nagurski Trophy finalists will travel to Charlotte for the Dec. 7 banquet and presentation of the award at the Westin Hotel.

The FWAA's National Defensive Player of the Year award is named after Bronko Nagurski, who dominated college football at Minnesota as a bruising fullback and defensive tackle from 1927-29.

TCU and Gary Patterson are hard

TCU is # 4 in every poll

TCU passed Cincinnati for the # 4 ranking in the BCS poll. TCU is also ranked 4th in the AP, Coaches, and Harris polls.

TCU will wait for a nice loss from Florida, Alabama, or Texas to move up even more and make those BCS money-men sweat a little more.

Good ranking for the moment, but will mean nothing if they do not play as they have against a very good Utah team next week. Suck it college football!

TCU is good, BYU not so much

TCU IS NUMBER 6TH IN THE NATION!!!!!!!!!! WHOOOOOO!!!!!

A great test from EDSBS



GUNNER & GUNNERER: TCU-BYU COMPATIBILITY SCREENING.

Your preferred tailgating beverage is:
A) Beer
B) Milk

Your go-to antiseptic in event of injury is:
A) Beer
B) Milk

You drive to the game in:
A) A pickup truck that seats four.
B) A family van or SUV seating no less than ten.

You like your jeans to be:
A) Cowboy tight.
B) Ironed with a crease every time.

Your mascot:
A) Is a nightmare engine that SPITS BLOOD FROM ITS EYES DAMMIT WE DON’T CARE WHAT THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL SAYS ABOUT ANTS
B) Actually killed a relative of yours three weeks ago.



Show me sexy.

You think breast implants are:
A) Hot and worth it
B) May I give you some literature?

Shotgun weddings are:
A) A fact of life
B) Redundant

You have a year’s worth of food in the house because:
A) You keep a Texas-sized kitchen YEEEHAW
B) Because your religion requires you to.

Your first sexual encounter:
A) In the back of the truck.
B) Through a hole in the sheet.

Your favorite polygamist:
A) J.R. Ewing
B) Joseph Smith

You are threatened by:
A) Wolves, lightning, economic insecurity, your current partner’s exes, and earthquakes.
B) Black people.

Your women are best kept:
A) Barefoot and pregnant.
B) In Keds and pregnant.

Your quarterback got the starting job:
A) Because he is named “Dalton,” and by Texas law anyone named after the lead in Road House gets whatever they want.
B) Because of his pinpoint accuracy.

Pencils down!� Those answering mostly A are natural TCU fans; those answering B will find their reward with BYU. This has been a public service of EDSBS and Swindle Industries, LLC.

No TV for TCU and Clemson, ESPN SUCKS

The college football game between no.15 ranked TCU and storied program Clemson will not be televised on Saturday. ESPN has rights to the game and has decided to put it on ESPN360, an online-only medium to view the game. Not good for sports betting. If you have a television and not a computer, among the games ESPN is offering Saturday on its roster of networks are Indiana at No. 23 Michigan, Michigan State at Wisconsin, Pittsburgh at N.C. State, Notre Dame at Purdue and Texas Tech at No. 17 Houston. These networks include ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.

Obviously and not respectably, ESPN is also not allowing local networks to broadcast the game, thank god we can watch it on the internet though. Greenville online says "Conspiracy theorists suggest that ESPN’s monster agreement with the Southeastern Conference squeezes out some games. Five SEC games are scheduled for TV somewhere, including Ball State-Auburn and Vanderbilt-Rice, but ESPN has other agreements, including one with the Big Ten."

I realize that this is probably a stretch, but I feel like this is why I hate or, more mildly, find it difficult to be fully entrenched in college football. I know other sports (NFL with NFL expert picks, NBA, etc) are similar, but in the case of college football it seems major networks, contracts, companies, advertisement firms, and the big bucks dictate more significantly what is viewed and enjoyed by the public without regulation. I know there are contracts between conferences and networks, and so on, but why does this effect the ability for a local network to broadcast local games.

I enjoy ESPN as much as the next person, but the self-proclaimed "world-wide leader in sports" is becoming too large, too dominant and almost a pseudo-monopoly. According to the cbsspsorts online community "TCU is a team that is currently ranked in the top 15 in the nation and if for no other reason this game should be on TV somewhere."

I conclude by saying, screw you Norte Dame.

Another game, another year for Clemson football

TCU Horned Frogs Football Preview with G-Pat, Tommy B, Chase Ortiz & Dick Bumpas

I know it is a little early, but I am just getting excited about college football already. In particular, my Alma Mater, Texas Christian University. Gary Patterson was actually on a local radio show here in the Dallas / Fort Worth metroplex today and discussed his team, the season, and their goals. I couldn't help but get extremely excited. Anyways, here is my preview...

TCU Football 2007 schedule:
Sept. 1, 2007 Baylor
Sept. 8, 2007 Texas
Sept. 13, 2007 Air Force
Sept. 22, 2007 SMU
Sept. 29, 2007 Colorado State
Oct. 6, 2007 Wyoming
Oct. 13, 2007 Stanford
Oct. 18, 2007 Utah
Nov. 3, 2007 New Mexico
Nov. 8, 2007 Brigham Young
Nov. 17, 2007 UNLV
Nov. 24, 2007 San Diego St.

Anyone see that second game of the season... oh yeah, we are going to completely ruin UT's season just like we did to OU.

Also, if you don't know the name yet, remember it... Tommy Blake. Blake is an amazing pass rusher and can also drop into coverage. He has a little defensive end in him as well as outside linebacker, and remember G-Pat coached Brian Urlacher in his day. He will be an amazing NFL player and go in the first round. Blake, a preseason Playboy and Athlon All-American, is on watch lists for the Rotary Lombardi Award, Nagurski Trophy, Bednarik Award, Lott Trophy as well as the Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Award. Tabbed the State's Defensive Player of the Year by Dave Campbell's Texas Football, Blake has also been named the Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year by The Sporting News. By the way, he is going to rip and pound Colt McCoy's head and face.

But, what makes Blake even better is that he has Chase Ortiz on the other side of the line. Ortiz, a senior from League City, Texas, was the 2005 MWC leader in tackles for a loss (14.0) and sacks (9.0). He also appears on watch lists for the Lombardi Award, Nagurski Trophy, Bednarik Award as well as the Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Award. By the way, TCU is the only team that has two players on the Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year Award watch list and that says a lot. TCU has nine returning starters on the defensive side of the ball... WATCH OUT UT!! FOR REAL.

Lastly, our defensive coordinator's name is Dick Bumpas. That's right Dick Bumpas.

I think Colt McCoy and UT are just about ready for a MUSTACHE RIDE BABY!!!! Yeahh Boiii.