Around the Horned - First Edition
9/8/2008 12:00:00 AM | General
In the first edition of Around the Horned - faithful of the Purple and White will be introduced to a new side of their favorite TCU student-athletes, coaches and staff members.
Have you ever looked at those who don the Purple and White and wondered what their lives are like off of the field of action? In Around the Horned - fans will get an opportunity to find out what goes through the heads of football's Andy Dalton, volleyball's Lauren Otto, soccer's Angie Nickens and sports medicine's Chris Hall through a series of questions.
 Andy Dalton |  Lauren Otto |  Angie Nickens |  Chris Hall | |
| When I see _____ on TV - I have to watch | The Office | HGTV | Friends... I'm kind of what you call obsessed | The news... because I try to get to bed after watching it |
| My favorite sports memory as a kid was... | Making my little league baseball all-star team as a 10-year-old | Playing volleyball with my sister | Running from tennis to a basketball game to cheerleading then soccer in one day | Being there when Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run to break the home run record |
| If I had musical talent - I would love to have a duet with... | Carrie Underwood | James Otto... hahahahaha | Garth Brooks or Celine Dion | The Beatles... McCarthy and Lennon were (and still are) incredible |
| My first car was... | 1994 Isuzu Trooper | Red Ford Escape XLT | Chevy S-10 Sports Package... The bed had a hard top with hydraulics... lol | Ford Gran Torino |
| My favorite place to have dinner with friends is... | Chili's | La Playa Maya, Fuzzy's or any Sushi | Joe T. Garcia's... Great food and a great atmosphere | Any Tex-Mex place I can find |
| The best place that I traveled for vacation was... | Purgatory, Colorado... It's the best place to ski | To the lake with my family... It was so relaxing | Cruise around the Hawaiian Islands | Alaska... The cruise is the only way to go |
| The best part of the Oscars is... | I don't watch it | The performances | All the dress and hairstyles | When it's over |
| The best part of my summer was... | Playing golf every weekend | My brother getting married | Spending time with my friends... and #6 | Sitting down after a long day with a cold one and watching the sun go down |
| The first website that I look at in the morning is... | ESPN.com | Facebook... Duh! | Facebook or my horoscope... I'm so lame | Assistant Coach... Our injury tracking system |
| When it comes to skiing - I jump in the water or hit the slopes... | Water | Both | Water for sure... Cold weather is my kryptonite | Hard and ugly |
| The last movie I watched was... | Simon Birch | Old School | House Bunny | The Dark Knight |
| The best part of my day is... | After practice - just watching TV and relaxing | Getting into bed | Getting to lay on the couch | Waking up with my wife and kids... Because I know they are safe |
| The person who always makes me laugh during the day is... | Tyler and Sam... Friends from back home who send me funny text messages | Mark | Michelle Royal... She keeps the office very entertaining for me | My staff and athletic training students |
| My favorite book is... | The Bible | Harry Potter | Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella | I don't have one... I love political autobiographies |
| My guilty pleasure is... | I don't have any | Ice cream | Cellas' dark chocolate covered cherries and Black Forest Sundae from Braum's | Blue Bell triple chocolate ice cream |
| I got into athletics because... | I enjoy playing sports | I was tall and my brother and sister both played sports | I would never sit still and made a competition out of everything | It was a way to be involved and make a difference in someone's life |
| I'd love to be talented at this sport... | Golf | Golf | Gymnastics | Hockey |
| The last concert that I went to was... | I don't remember | Wade Bowen | Wolfdance in Sundance Square... It was incredibly hot that day | Bruce Springsteen |
| My favorite food at a ball game is... | Nachos | Cotton Candy | Nachos with jalapenos | I don't know... One day I hope to experience a game from the stands |
| If I had one wish - I'd wish for... | A lot of things | More wishes or eternal happiness | My grandfather to watch me play one collegiate game | A lifetime of wishes... Maybe I'd be able to get something done |
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