Soccer To Hold Banquet January 30th!

We'll be holding our Annual Soccer Banquet at the end of this month on Friday, January 30th, in the Dutch Meyer Athletic Complex here on the campus of TCU. Our annual awards, along with some new ones, will be handed out. The team award list to be announced includes the following:
-Offensive MVP
-Defensive MVP
-Newcomer of the Year
-Academic Achievement Award for the past 2 semesters
-The Addie (Awarded to the player whe exemplifies the spirit of the TCU Horned Frog)
-Citius, Altus, Forti Fitness Award

We'll also recognize all of our award winners from this past season. The banquet is open to the public and tickets or tables can purchased by contacting Michelle Royal at m.royal@tcu.edu.

TCU Horned Frog Football Finishes #7 In The Nation

Congratulations to Coach Patterson, his staff, and team on a #7 national ranking for the TCU football team! This was TCU's highest season ending ranking since 1959, and the second time in the past four years that the Frogs have finished in the nation's top 10 at the end of the season. TCU went 11-2 and won the Poinsietta Bowl over previously undefeated Boise St to end the year.

School Ready to Kick Off Again!

Classes start back up Monday-Can't wait to get the team back on campus! The girls finished last semester with a 3.29 GPA so not too shabby and expect it to get up even higher this semester.

I know it's taken a while, but here are some photos of our new little one Kloe, as promised 4 weeks ago!

Karoly Recognized by NSCAA

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America and Adidas named Lizzy Karoly to the 2008 Scholar All-South Region Team on Saturday.

Karoly, who collected third-team honors, was a 2008 Mountain West Conference All-Tournament Squad selection, while also being named to the 2008 Second-team All-MWC Team. The junior netted a career-best 11 goals on the season, while also dishing out a career-best seven assists.

Overall, she helped TCU to a 14-4-2 record and season-high national ranking of No. 28.

Earlier this season, Karoly was a first-team CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District selection.

Frogs Put An End To Boise St's Undefeated Season

Facing their fourth undefeated team ranked in the top 10 this season, the #11 Horned Frogs didn't flinch and handed the previously undefeated #9 Boise St Broncos 17-16 in San Diego at the 2008 Poinsiettia Bowl. What a great night for Coach Patterson, his team, and all of TCU. After falling behind 13-0 early in the game, TCU dominated the rest of the way outgaining Boise St 472 yards to 250 and held the ball for over 36 minutes of the game. The Frogs just wore the Broncos down. Boise St came into the game averagin 39 points and 456 yards a game, but they had not faced a defense like the Frogs who were the #2 rated defense in the nation.

TCU finished the season with an 11-2 record and will certainly have another top 10 finish in the final rankings. With this win, TCU has won 4 straight bowl games, reached 11 wins for the third time in four seasons, and have 41 games in the past four years. One of the best records in the nation. Congrats to Coach Patterson, his staff and team....great job!

TCU Football Goes Bowling Tonight Live on ESPN!

Tonight at 7:00 Central the #11 ranked TCU Horned Frog Football team will take on the #9 ranked Boise State Broncos in the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego. The team will be visited by former TCU star and current NFL Star San Diego Charger Ladanian Tomlinson.

This is sure to be one of the best bowl games of the year and can be watched live on ESPN.

U2 Christmas Song

I'm a huge U2 fan going way back to junior high-yes that's a long time, in fact it came up with the team this past year that I actually saw Flavor Flav, performing with Public Enemy opening at a U2 concert-not one of our players had any idea who Public Enemy was and only new Flavor Flav from his Flavor of Love show-so I guess I am starting to get dated. But the beauty of U2 is they are the greatest band of all time and transcend generations.

So to get you into the holiday Spirit here's a link for the greatest Christmas song of all time :http://www.u2.com/highlights/?hid=507&utm_source=Publicaster&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EMLU2OS_DecUpdate_Free_121808

I've got this in the loop of U2 songs that play for my son Zak in his room and have convinced him that Santa Claus only comes for TCU Horned Frog fans and U2 fans!