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Daily Oklahoman: TCU proud of hard work it took to get new stadium, new conference
BY BERRY TRAMEL
FORT WORTH, Texas — Conference realignment has caused much finger-pointing over the years. Some of it with the digit not used for pointing.
And when Texas Christian University’s athletic world collapsed 17 years ago, the Horned Frogs indeed played the blame game.
TCU blamed itself.
When the formation of the Big 12 left the Frogs to scrap for themselves, TCU didn’t ask why of the Longhorns and Aggies and Red Raiders and Bears. The Frogs asked themselves.
And did something about it. Which explains all the hammering and all the cranes and now all the excitement. Two weeks ago, TCU officially became a Big 12 member, and on Sept. 8, the Frogs host Grambling State in the grand opening of the renovated Amon G. Carter Stadium, a jewel of a football stadium that, like its kindred spirit in Stillwater, is nothing like the relic that once inhabited the same ground.
“Old Texas work ethic,” said TCU athletic director Chris Del Conte. “We worked our tails off to get back to this point, a university that dares to be great athletically and academically.” ...
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BY BERRY TRAMEL
FORT WORTH, Texas — Conference realignment has caused much finger-pointing over the years. Some of it with the digit not used for pointing.
And when Texas Christian University’s athletic world collapsed 17 years ago, the Horned Frogs indeed played the blame game.
TCU blamed itself.
When the formation of the Big 12 left the Frogs to scrap for themselves, TCU didn’t ask why of the Longhorns and Aggies and Red Raiders and Bears. The Frogs asked themselves.
And did something about it. Which explains all the hammering and all the cranes and now all the excitement. Two weeks ago, TCU officially became a Big 12 member, and on Sept. 8, the Frogs host Grambling State in the grand opening of the renovated Amon G. Carter Stadium, a jewel of a football stadium that, like its kindred spirit in Stillwater, is nothing like the relic that once inhabited the same ground.
“Old Texas work ethic,” said TCU athletic director Chris Del Conte. “We worked our tails off to get back to this point, a university that dares to be great athletically and academically.” ...
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