TCU Horned Frogs NCAA Football News

When the Southwest Conference broke up after the 1995 season, TCU set out on an undesired conference-hopping journey.

Groups gathered to stand in line to be among the first to get a glimpse of TCU's new football uniform and get a T-shirt Tuesday at the Texas Christian University bookstore.

The question that surrounded TCU a few weeks ago has been positively answered by a series of lopsided victories.

Nebraska senior defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has been named one of four finalists for the 2009 Rotary Lombardi Award.

The field of remaining unbeaten teams was trimmed on Saturday when Iowa fell to Northwestern. Nonetheless, since the Bowl Championship Series was created in 1998, there have never been as many undefeated teams (six) entering the 11th week of the season as there are this year. For two of those squads -- No. 4 Texas Christian and No. 5 Cincinnati -- their status among the elite teams in the nation will be tested this weekend.

TCU already has defeated two Atlantic Coast Conference teams (Virginia and No. 24 Clemson), as well as then-No. 16 Brigham Young, but the Horned Frogs' toughest matchup of the season will take place Saturday when they host No. 16 Utah.

By STEFAN STEVENSON The Bowl Championship Series standings took another odd twist Sunday, as Cincinnati jumped past TCU , moving up three spots to No.

TCU rolled over San Diego State to stay in the perfect position for a stretch run to a BCS bowl.

Zach Collaros threw four touchdown passes and completed 22 of 28 passes to lead the visiting Cincinnati Bearcats to28-7 victory at Syracuse as they moved to 8-0 and closed within a win of the best start in school history.

The No. 6 TCU Horned Frogs will have to do without their good-luck charm when they play in San Diego for the fifth straight season.

Sixteen minutes into last week's game against New Mexico, San Diego State decided to shake things up a bit on the offensive line.

Joseph Turner still has fond memories of San Diego, and not because of the Southern California sunshine.

TCU has little margin for error if it hopes to secure a BCS bid, and thanks in large part to its defense, the Horned Frogs haven't had to worry about any missteps.

Brian Murphy's column in the Statesman Saturday did what it was designed to do. It got some people riled up by saying Boise is not a "football town." The points were well-taken. If Boise is a football town, the San Jose State game should have sold out.

Andy Dalton's 178 passing yards with three touchdowns Saturday led sixth-ranked TCU to a 41-0 Mountain West Conference rout of UNLV.

The Horned Frogs defense is that good again. "For us, we want to hold to one point less, and score one more," Patterson repeated after TCU's latest dominating performance, a 41-0 victory Saturday over UNLV.

Why TCU won The Horned Frogs held UNLV to 160 yards, the lowest total of the season for the Rebels by 150 yards.

UNLV faces a dilemma against Texas Christian star defensive end Jerry Hughes: play him straight up or double-team him.

The TCU Horned Frogs and the UNLV Rebels will face off in a Halloween showdown in Fort Worth.

TCU coach Gary Patterson only has to point at the half-shaded pyramid of goals to remind his Horned Frogs how much they still haven't accomplished -- even though they are now in position to be a BCS buster.

By JAN HUBBARD While on the sidelines, coach Gary Patterson usually avoids the temptation to smile, even when TCU makes a great play.The Frogs' coach has one of the most consistent game faces in college football.