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SB Nation: Gary Patterson dishes on TCU losing the in-state recruiting arms race
By Cody Daniel@CodyDanielSBN
Nearly two decades into his tenure at TCU, Gary Patterson has built the Horned Frogs into a nationally prominent program. An impressive feat, to be sure, but far more notable is that he and his staffs have largely done so by digging up diamonds in the rough and not only surviving but thriving on what’s oftentimes the scraps left behind from regional recruiting powers and college football’s blue bloods.
Since the recruiting services began tracking rankings at the tail end of the 20th Century, TCU has never once capped a cycle with a class ranked within the top 20 nationally. That seemingly shouldn’t be the case — far from it — given that TCU is not only rooted in the fertile recruiting region that is the DFW Metroplex, but the Horned Frogs win... a lot.
Read more at https://www.burntorangenation.com/r...ate-recruiting-arms-race-2020-texas-texas-a-m
By Cody Daniel@CodyDanielSBN
Nearly two decades into his tenure at TCU, Gary Patterson has built the Horned Frogs into a nationally prominent program. An impressive feat, to be sure, but far more notable is that he and his staffs have largely done so by digging up diamonds in the rough and not only surviving but thriving on what’s oftentimes the scraps left behind from regional recruiting powers and college football’s blue bloods.
Since the recruiting services began tracking rankings at the tail end of the 20th Century, TCU has never once capped a cycle with a class ranked within the top 20 nationally. That seemingly shouldn’t be the case — far from it — given that TCU is not only rooted in the fertile recruiting region that is the DFW Metroplex, but the Horned Frogs win... a lot.
Read more at https://www.burntorangenation.com/r...ate-recruiting-arms-race-2020-texas-texas-a-m