illini_frog
Active Member
I'm starting this thread in hopes that the football office is ok with it, and I won't be saying anything to tip off Baylor. If anything in here is objectionable please let me know and it'll be gone ASAP.
The last 2 weeks I had to privilege to be a member of the TCU Football team, as a walk-on, hoping to make the final roster, and maybe someday actually seeing the field in a real game. Unfortunately, I was (along with many others) cut this morning, but I just wanted to share a few things with y'all. Again, I know a lot of things that I can't share, but I'll say what I think is good.
1) Our practices are intense. Think about when you're running late in the morning, and just getting everything done as fast as possible, that's what every second of every practice is like. Absolutely no time is wasted. We get a ton of reps in in a short amount of time.
2) The guys are focused. The coaches keep them that way, but there's a sense of duty in everyone, if that makes sense.
3) Coach GP is the man. He's the craziest guy I've ever seen during practice, and yells and cusses an ungodly amount. But after practice, we all take a knee, and he just talks to us like we're his sons or something. He tells us about how glad he is to be coach, how much he appreciates our effort, stuff like that. He's a guy I'd go to battle for any day of the week. And the same goes for the rest of the coaches.
4) Also, the training staff works unbelievably hard. From taping our ankles to running us water all practice, they work their asses off. Just wanted to note that so everybody recognizes them.
5) Practicing at Cowboys stadium was pretty awesome. It was a great change of pace for us.
That's really all I want to say, as to not give Baylor any possible help. If anybody has a specific Q, post it on here and I'll do my best to answer.
It'll be fun to watch the games, and know what plays we'll run in certain situations. I'm already enough of a football strategy junkie, and this just added gas to the fire.
It was an awesome experience, and one of the coolest things I've done in my life. No regrets.
The last 2 weeks I had to privilege to be a member of the TCU Football team, as a walk-on, hoping to make the final roster, and maybe someday actually seeing the field in a real game. Unfortunately, I was (along with many others) cut this morning, but I just wanted to share a few things with y'all. Again, I know a lot of things that I can't share, but I'll say what I think is good.
1) Our practices are intense. Think about when you're running late in the morning, and just getting everything done as fast as possible, that's what every second of every practice is like. Absolutely no time is wasted. We get a ton of reps in in a short amount of time.
2) The guys are focused. The coaches keep them that way, but there's a sense of duty in everyone, if that makes sense.
3) Coach GP is the man. He's the craziest guy I've ever seen during practice, and yells and cusses an ungodly amount. But after practice, we all take a knee, and he just talks to us like we're his sons or something. He tells us about how glad he is to be coach, how much he appreciates our effort, stuff like that. He's a guy I'd go to battle for any day of the week. And the same goes for the rest of the coaches.
4) Also, the training staff works unbelievably hard. From taping our ankles to running us water all practice, they work their asses off. Just wanted to note that so everybody recognizes them.
5) Practicing at Cowboys stadium was pretty awesome. It was a great change of pace for us.
That's really all I want to say, as to not give Baylor any possible help. If anybody has a specific Q, post it on here and I'll do my best to answer.
It'll be fun to watch the games, and know what plays we'll run in certain situations. I'm already enough of a football strategy junkie, and this just added gas to the fire.
It was an awesome experience, and one of the coolest things I've done in my life. No regrets.
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