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FWST: Why TCU can’t officially honor arguably the best team in its history & record-setting QB

froginmn

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Maybe I just got bored reading what that idiot wrote, but did the article even say WHY they can't honor the team? Has the school come out and said they won't/can't? If not, why are we taking that fool's word for it?
 

bmoney214

OUCH!!!
Like someone said earlier in the thread. The 84 team wasn’t honored on the field during the game either. Is this just made up outrage and you guys fell for it?
It's not made up. There are former players from the Peach Bowl team talking about it on social media.
 

bmoney214

OUCH!!!
Maybe I just got bored reading what that idiot wrote, but did the article even say WHY they can't honor the team? Has the school come out and said they won't/can't? If not, why are we taking that fool's word for it?
No, he just said it was complicated and then referred to the Listenbee lawsuit, Boykin's off field trouble and Gary's messy departure.
 

froginmn

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The confusing part of this is that the first paragraphs in the column mention that NONE of the anniversary teams are being recognized by TCU.

On Friday and Saturday, significant players and coaches in TCU’s history will reunite for an anniversary of the teams that played in the 1984 Bluebonnet Bowl, 1994 Independence Bowl, and 2014 Peach Bowl.

There will be a large tailgate before TCU’s home game on Saturday against Texas Tech, and former coach Gary Patterson and quarterback Trevone Boykin are expected to attend. The events and celebrations will be hosted not by TCU but rather the Block T Association, the group that is affiliated but not run directly by the university.

So why aren't any of them recognized by TCU?

It feels like the absence of journalism is creating a lot of speculation.
 

FroggleRock

Active Member
I think that it is insulting that TCU can’t/wont recognize a man who contributed so much to the university without any compensation, made a huge mistake, and in-turn paid for his crime, but we can pay million$ to a [ Baylor accusations ] facilitator and excuser to walk our sidelines, and coach our young men without even as much as an apology to the one who’s lives he helped ruin. That is the most scheissing hypocritical thing I can think of.
NOTE: My apologies for the terrible run-on sentence…
This was a hot topic at our tailgate yesterday. On top of everything you just said, the fact they won’t honor an entire team because of ONE player who got in legal trouble is pathetic. And also possible because Donati and GP still have beef. We have a few of letterman and a couple big $ guys at our tailgate, and the growing consensus is frustration and anger at the leadership of the current admin and AD dept.
 

The TCU Football Jerk

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Heard it from a person with ties to the ad dept. 84,94 and 2014 teams didn't go on the field for recognition because adjd "didn't want Dykes to be shown up by Patterson being on the field and being recognized." 84 and 94 teams have been recognized about every 10 years on the field before. IRC the 84 team was recognized 5 years ago for their 35 anniversary too. This had zero to do with Boykin.

All 3 teams had a happy hour at the Poop Deck on friday and I went because I was invited by a friend who was on one of those teams. The Pattersons were there and stayed longer than most of the 14 team did. They both looked like they were having a great time. Dykes even showed up for a few minutes. Again, this slap in the face had nothing to do with Boykin or a beef between Dykes and Patterson, its all adjd. Its a shame some good teams got shafted because of his ineptness.
 

NewFrogFan

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It is hard to believe that, all of a sudden, TCU Athletics realizes it's a bad look to recognize someone who has (among other things) assaulted a woman. Little bit of selective outrage there, eh?

The 2014 Frogs were a special bunch, and they deserve a helluva lot better than they are getting.
As I have said before, flying them to Atlanta for AA was my favorite trip of 34 years! I think some on here would have liked my Iphone “sound system” playing TCU Fight Song via the PA. The players loved it.
 
Heard it from a person with ties to the ad dept. 84,94 and 2014 teams didn't go on the field for recognition because adjd "didn't want Dykes to be shown up by Patterson being on the field and being recognized." 84 and 94 teams have been recognized about every 10 years on the field before. IRC the 84 team was recognized 5 years ago for their 35 anniversary too. This had zero to do with Boykin.

All 3 teams had a happy hour at the Poop Deck on friday and I went because I was invited by a friend who was on one of those teams. The Pattersons were there and stayed longer than most of the 14 team did. They both looked like they were having a great time. Dykes even showed up for a few minutes. Again, this slap in the face had nothing to do with Boykin or a beef between Dykes and Patterson, its all adjd. Its a shame some good teams got shafted because of his ineptness.
This is mostly correct.
 
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