Harrell prepared to step up again
By Brent Yarina
Assistant Sports Editor

With every passing week, the Frogs have a new hero step up and lead the team to victory.
Last week, it was junior wide receiver Reggie Harrell’s turn.

Harrell contributed to the Frogs 13-10 overtime victory over Arizona with four receptions for 127 yards and one touchdown.

“Reggie had a great game,” offensive coordinator Mike Schultz said. “We’ve always known Reggie was good and going to be a big play player for us. I think you saw that potential he has on Saturday night.”

Harrell said his breakout performance last weekend was due in large part to his offensive coordinator.

“Play calling, it’s all about the play calling,” Harrell said.

And the play calling was good enough to lead to a 98-yard touchdown reception for Harrell, which ranks as the second-longest touchdown from the line of scrimmage in TCU history.

Despite coming off his first 100-yard plus receiving game and preparing for an Army defense that allows more than 40 points a game, Harrell said he does not let the opponent’s defensive statistics interfere with his game plan.

“I’m not going to look at that,” Harrell said. “I mean, 40 points would be great, but I’m not going to worry about it. We’ve just got to go out there and play our game. If we score that many points it would be good, but I’m not going to overlook them.”

Harrell also said he has not practiced any differently this week while preparing for Army because he values practice time and thinks it improves his on-field performance.

“Practice makes perfect,” Harrell said. “I just try to go out there with my teammates and do the best that we can.”

Schultz said because of Harrell’s ability to run crisp patterns and make good catches, he would not be surprised to see many more big games from his wide receiver, like the one he had against Arizona Saturday.

“Within the structure of our offense, we have several different ways to get the ball to Reggie Harrell,” he said. “We just got to run our offense and he will get the ball.”

Head coach Gary Patterson said Harrell should have two different quarterbacks throwing the ball his way this weekend. He said sophomore quarterback Tye Gunn, who has recovered from a separated shoulder injury, is expected to return to the playing field Saturday and share the quarterbacking duties with junior Brandon Hassell.

Patterson said he predicts the two quarterbacks will both play about one half of the football game.

“We’ll see who has the hot hand and go from there, he said. “There’s a great chance you’ll see both.