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Offense
clicks at the right time for Frogs Neither rain nor sleet nor snow can apparently stop the TCU football team. During a day characterized by severe thunderstorms and steady rain throughout, the football team donned full pads to complete spring practice with the annual Purple-White game at Amon G. Carter Stadium Saturday morning.
Surprisingly, the game featured the best offensive performance of the spring, despite the rainy weather that typically allows for low-scoring, defensive-dominated affairs. The offense units scored a total of 13 points and combined for 320 yards in 65 plays. Senior quarterback Sean Stilley led the offense with 173 yards passing highlighted by a 15-yard scoring pass to wide receiver and free safety LaTarence Dunbar. Stilley also completed a 35-yard bullet to wide receiver Kevin Brown late in the game for the longest pass play of the game. Head coach Gary Patterson said he was happy with the overall play of the offense. “It was a good day for the offense,” Patterson said. “It’s kind of the way scrimmages go. Usually one (unit) gets up for one (scrimmage), and one gets up for the other. (Saturday) was a better offensive game. We moved the ball, and we did some things well.” However, Patterson said he wasn’t entirely pleased with the defense’s efforts. “I didn’t like the way we fought defensively in the second half,” he said. “We’ll take giving up just 13 points in a game, but it looked like the defense just wanted to get the game over with.” The offense also rushed for 137 yards, led by tailback Ricky Madison’s 44 yards that included a 36-yard scamper he nearly broke for a touchdown. Stilley, who has taken a leadership role while solidifying the starting quarterback role, said he played solid while leading the offense to 10 of its points and that he was happy with the team’s overall play . “We’re not going to be a one-man show,” Stilley said. “We’re going to have to all play together, and that’s what I like about this team.” As a whole, Patterson said he was just happy to get the game in despite the weather. “We wanted to go today, no matter what,” he said. “We play in some rainy games around here. And I was happy that, other than a mistake on a option, we didn’t turn the ball over, despite the weather conditions.” In other notes, Patterson said redshirt freshman Tye Gunn has been named the second-string quarterback for now. Also, the remaining 6 points came from a 32-yard field goal in the second quarter and a 29-yarder in the third, kicked by Tommy Taylor and Mike Wynn, respectively. The team will take mandated time off during the summer and return to practice in the fall. They will open the season Sept. 2 at Cincinnati. Jordan
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