Tuesday, November 27, 2001

Turnaround
Frogs were down, but not out

“This team could easily have put down their equipment in the locker room and quit for the next two ball games,” head coach Gary Patterson said after the game.

And it’s true. The Frogs could have very easily thrown in the towel, given up on the season and said that there is always next year. Except the team did not do that. They came out and showed Louisville the resolve of the Horned Frogs.

The Frogs deserve a pat on the back for their performance.

The Frogs were matched up against then-ranked No. 17 Louisville team Friday night at Amon Carter Stadium. Louisville already had clinched the Conference USA crown and a spot in the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn. on Dec. 31.

The outlook for the game was not too promising and the Frogs had a 4-5 record on the year including a loss to Division I-AA Northwestern State (La.).

With everything against the Frogs: losing four out of their last six games, a disappointing season, a new head coach and the loss of the nation’s top running back, the Frogs stood up and accepted the challenge. The team proved on national television that the Horned Frogs do not know how to quit.

TCU came to play and put on an impressive defensive performance that topped an offense ranked fourth in C-USA. Now the Frogs are playing for a chance to make it to a school record fourth consecutive bowl game. The game was a high note for the 10 seniors, which was their final opportunity for them to entertain a home crowd.

With the win over the Cardinals, TCU has turned around their once dismal outlook.
Back on October 30 the Frogs gave us a glimpse of their no quit spirit when they came back from a 30-9 deficit against East Carolina to lose in the final minutes 37-30.

Next the Frogs will play Southern Miss Friday, Nov. 30, for a chance to advance to the a post season bowl game. Now the Frogs have a definite reason to play their last game of the season with a lot at stake. TCU better show up to play or be prepared to disappoint the TCU community.