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Tina
Hernandez ices down a bucket of Pepsi bottles
at her father Ricky’s concession stand on
the northwest side of the stadium. Much of the
concession preparation begins before 10 a.m. on
game day.
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Raul Puebla anchors the floor mat onto the
field on the TCU sideline. The mat keeps
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Sophomore
finance major Edward Green tests the coaches’
headsets five hours before game time.
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Freshman
music education major Jimmy McDonald warms up
on his drums under the direction of Brian West.
The drummers start practicing hours before the
full band arrives at the stadium at 2 p.m.
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Showgirls
captain Ashley Tate, a senior computer information
science major, leads the Showgirls in practice
in the early afternoon.
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Associate
director of bands Brian Youngblood briefs the
band on the day’s schedule. The band recesses
and meets at Frog Fountain dressed and ready to
go an hour before game time.
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Franco of Bobby’s Fajitas rotates chicken
on his grill located on the boardwalk of
the north side of the field. The grill,
named Fajita Bob, is roughly 10 feet long
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Pat
and Carrie Flynn sit behind their car an hour
before the game tailgating on the West side of
the stadium.
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Freshmen
Jeff Ballard and Cory Rodgers get ready for the
day’s game. Players spend the night before
a home game in a Holiday Inn and arrive two hours
and fifteen minutes before kickoff.
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A
fan sings the national anthem with his hand over
his heart. TCU Army ROTC cadet Patrick Crocker
performs the national anthem.
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A
group of young fans line up in the south end zone
anxiously waiting to run across the field.
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An
ensemble of Army cavalry soldiers stand at the
south end zone after displaying the colors during
the national anthem. Soldiers who have recently
returned from Iraq are also present.
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safety Mark Walker waves his hands in the
air to hype up the crowd before kickoff.
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Chancellor
Victor Boschini observes the game high above
the action in the Chancellor’s Suite over
the press box. Boschini entertains a number
of Fort Worth officials and big donors.
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Worth Star-Telegram writers John Miller, left,
and Damien Pierce, right, discuss logistics early
in the game in the press box. A typical game brings
more than 100 media personnel to the press box.
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Senior
radio-TV-film major Brian Micocci video tapes
the game’s action on top of the Dave Bloxom
scoreboard. The images from Micocci’s camera
are wired through the RTVF truck and relayed to
the scoreboard.
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Vision producer Dave Keeney, left, assists
director Scott Dailey, center, and senior
radio-TV-film major Krista Adamson in choosing
which images and graphics are broadcast
onto the scoreboard from inside the RTVF
truck behind the west stands. |
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Grimes counts money made from ticket sales
from the northeast ticket house. The attendance
of 39,282 is reported during the third quarter. |
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| Senior
linebacker Devon Davis tries to grab the
ball and help TCU to a 27-0 shutout. This
is the first recorded shutout since a 37-0
win over Rice on Oct. 28, 2000. |
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Head coach Gary Patterson stands beside senior
wide receiver Chris Wingate to sing the Alma Mater.
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finance major Eric Hart, an Army ROTC member,
collects trash leftover from fans in the
bleachers of the West stands. ROTC members
are at the stadium until after midnight
on game day. |
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Coach Gary Patterson receives questions from the
general press and discusses the game in detail.
Patterson also speculates about what the coming
week will bring and comments on injuries sustained
during the game.
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| Junior
broadcast journalism major Natalie Mattern
files and sorts statistics from the day’s
game. |
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