So close
By Kyle Wittenbraker
Staff Reporter
Assistant Sports Editor Brent Yarina contributed to this story.

TCU students found some unusual places to watch the Frogs take on Southern Mississippi in a roller coaster ride of a game.

Some students and alumni headed to Ridglea Theater to watch the game. Other students opted to stay on campus and watch the game outside the Tom Brown-Pete Wright Residential Community.

Still more fans made the trip to Hattiesburg, Miss.

“We have a really nice relationship with TCU,” said Wesley Hathaway, Ridglea Theater’s co-owner. “They help support us a lot.”

Campus Crusade for Christ hosted the showing of the game at the apartment commons. A fire was built in the fireplace and all the ingredients to make s’mores were available. Popcorn and sodas were served.

“We wanted to give the campus an opportunity to come together,” said Geoff Godley, a senior history major and member of Campus Crusade for Christ. “We usually have meetings on Thursdays but we wanted to watch the game.”

Students stood outside Tom Brown-Pete Wright through the second half and continued to cheer on the Frogs even though it was cold and windy. As TCU began to come back in the fourth quarter, the students stood up and began to cheer and chant. At the end of the game, the fans still chanted, “T-C-U.”

“There was some trouble with the screen blowing over,” said Adam Cain, a senior religion major.

Adam Teckman, a sophomore radio-TV-film major, said he came to Ridglea Theater to watch the game because it was free and his friends were going there.

Other fans made the long trip to watch the Frogs. Rich Fitzer, class of 2001, said this is the biggest game since he came to TCU.

“When I went here, no one went to games, no one wanted to go,” Doug Thompson, class of 1984, said. “This is special.”

Ridglea Theater showed the game on a 27-foot-by-36-foot screen, said Richard Van Zandt, co-owner.

“We did add some special sound effects for whenever TCU scored,” Van Zandt said.