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FWST: Backups are pushing TCU linebackers for playing time
By Stefan Stevenson
sstevenson@star-telegram.com
Tank Carder is about the biggest lock to start as there is on the TCU football team.
And the preseason Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year will likely be in that familiar position at strongside linebacker when the Frogs meet Baylor on Sept. 2 in Waco.
But Frogs coach Gary Patterson is so high on the play of his second-team linebackers, especially Kenny Cain, through the first five practices that he threw down a little reminder to Carder on Tuesday, after the Frogs first full-pad practice.
"Both No. 2s are pushing the No. 1s to start," Patterson said of the junior Cain and senior Kris Gardner. "Cain is having the best camp of anybody right now. If I had to start somebody tomorrow it would be Kenny Cain over Tank Carder. He makes plays. He's losing 10 pounds of water weight every day and playing all day. He's ready to go." ...
By Stefan Stevenson
sstevenson@star-telegram.com
Tank Carder is about the biggest lock to start as there is on the TCU football team.
And the preseason Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year will likely be in that familiar position at strongside linebacker when the Frogs meet Baylor on Sept. 2 in Waco.
But Frogs coach Gary Patterson is so high on the play of his second-team linebackers, especially Kenny Cain, through the first five practices that he threw down a little reminder to Carder on Tuesday, after the Frogs first full-pad practice.
"Both No. 2s are pushing the No. 1s to start," Patterson said of the junior Cain and senior Kris Gardner. "Cain is having the best camp of anybody right now. If I had to start somebody tomorrow it would be Kenny Cain over Tank Carder. He makes plays. He's losing 10 pounds of water weight every day and playing all day. He's ready to go." ...