FWST: Meet the guy who kept LT on the bench

[TopFrog]

FWST: Meet the guy who kept LT on the bench

BY BIG STEAMING PILE
tengel@star-telegram.com

It does not come up regularly but every now and then people will ask, and immediately assume.

“As the conversation goes on people ask me, ‘Were you a defensive back?’ ” he says.

No. Not a defensive back. Running back. At TCU. In the mid 1990s.

“You were a running back when LT was there?” they ask.

Read more at http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article163727203.html

 

[froglash88]

DNR
WNR

Muck Alert

 

[Frog DJ]

I respect anyone's right to avoid reading this article because of its author, but it was well written, in my opinion.

I enjoyed it immensely, and it brought back some great memories of a New Year's Eve afternoon in El Paso...

Go Frogs!

 

[ShreveFrog]

Good stuff.

 

[Limp Lizard]

That long TD against USC is burned in the memory of Frog fans. A short-side option, by the way.
Basil, the Spice Frog.

 

[Hoosierfrog]

And there it was, the verbal admission-"can't be good because he played in the WAC"...

So much for judging on talent vs where they played.

 

[Sand Frog]

Basil was LEGIT!

The bigger story should have been how terrible Chris Claiborne played in that game and won the Butkus that year!

 

[Hoosierfrog]

That long TD against USC is burned in the memory of Frog fans. A short-side option, by the way.
Basil, the Spice Frog.

Just goes to show, it isn't the play, it's the execution. The wing T would work if executed as drawn up.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

And there it was, the verbal admission-"can't be good because he played in the WAC"...

So much for judging on talent vs where they played.

That quote is not in the story, nor is what you said even remotely implied.

 

[ifrog]

Good morning Muck.

 

[Hypnoload]

Good morning Muck.

A dozen people on this board know me personally... good try though. I'm not muck, I'm just educated and know the difference between business and writing fluffy fun TCU loving pieces which apparently is all you want from your local media

 

[Bob Sugar]

Hard to believe that two of CFB's best ever backs (LT and Ricky Williams) both started their careers as fullbacks because there was someone ahead of them on the tailback depth chart.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

We're all free to like or dislike, and choose to read or not read, any writer. I learned that in a class or something.

 

[Limp Lizard]

Just goes to show, it isn't the play, it's the execution. The wing T would work if executed as drawn up.

In my mind that is the most perfectly executed game by a TCU quarterback I have ever seen. I have seen better running days and better passing days and more spectacular days, but Batteaux did not make a mistake that day, at least to the naked eye. Maybe he audibled to the wrong play, but just watching I could not tell. He kept when he should have kept, pitched at the right time, threw the ball well enough to open receivers. Once avoided a penalty for delay in the red zone by calling time out.

If our QB's play with that kind of mental alertness, we will love the offense this year.

 

[froglep]

Lawrence Pullen was the kid that started before him in high school, absolutely destroyed our team in 1995.

 

[ShreveFrog]

Notice USC assistant coach Ed Orgeron trying to fix the defense on the sideline after Basil's long run in that clip, 2:00 mark. TCU's burned him for almost two decades.

 

[Dogfrog]

Batteaux was such a great option QB. Always seemed to make a full speed beeline directly at defensive end, forcing him to commit.

 

[JogginFrog]

Notice USC assistant coach Ken Orgeron trying to fix the defense on the sideline after Basil's long run in that clip, 2:00 mark. TCU's burned him for almost two decades.

Good eye.

 

[BABYFACE]

Batteaux was such a great option QB. Always seemed to make a full speed beeline directly at defensive end, forcing him to commit.

Bateaux got to the edge so quick on the option(the point of reading to keep or pitch), and thus he put a lot of pressure on opposing defenses.

 

[Despite the odds Frog]

This is a great article by Engel. These are the articles that he writes once in a blue moon about TCU. I do encourage everyone to read this one to show more clicks happen on interesting articles instead of his regular back handed articles he consistently does about TCU.

Basil was a great TCU RB. He was the starter over LT because he worked his butt off for it and his production reflected his grind in practice. He is one heck of a nice person too. He was a great example/mentor to lead the way for LT. Both men are the people you want representing TCU and the NFL.