Notes on a Scorecard
2/5/2015 12:00:00 AM | General
Feb. 5, 2015 WELCOME NEW HORNED FROGS!
National Signing Day is always a great time for celebration, and we were very excited on Wednesday to welcome 21 football and five soccer student-athletes to the Horned Frog family. Please CLICK HERE for a recap of the football additions. The soccer signees were released via social media (@TCUSoccer) with the full class to be announced shortly on GoFrogs.com.
TOWN HALL MEETING
We thank everyone who was able to make Monday's Town Hall meeting as well as the many of you who watched the live stream. We hope you found the session helpful. We enjoyed the opportunity to visit and hear from you. Please keep us posted if you have follow-up questions or anything else on your mind that wasn't covered Monday night. In case you'd like to see our power-point presentation from the meeting, please CLICK HERE.
EQUESTRIAN AT STOCK SHOW
Our equestrian program's annual competition at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo is Friday at 6:30 p.m. versus SMU. It's complimentary admission for anyone (students, faculty, staff) with a TCU ID. We'll have free t-shirts for the first 250 TCU studepnts in attendance.
NO. 1 IN THE WORLD
We're proud of Sam Watts in our men's track and field program. His time of 20.69 in the 200 meters at last weekend's New Mexico Invitational was the top mark in the world this season. It also earned him selection as the Big 12 Co-Male Athlete of the Week.
SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS
Congratulations to Josh Boyce and Marcus Cannon of the New England Patriots on becoming our latest Super Bowl champions. We've now had at least one Super Bowl winner in six of the last nine seasons. With Clint Gresham, a Super Bowl champ last year, making his second straight appearance for the Seattle Seahawks, it was great to have three Horned Frogs in the game.
BASEBALL NOTES
Single-game tickets for our defending Big 12 champion baseball program are now on sale. Please call (817) 257-5889 to reserve your tickets today.
You'll be able to get an early peek at our 2015 squad on Saturday with our annual Alumni game. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Lupton Stadium and admission is free. The alumni team will include current major leaguers Jake Arrieta, Matt Carpenter, Brandon Finnegan and Bryan Holaday.
Arrieta, who finished in the top 10 in National League Cy Young Award voting last season, will start for the alumni team and face Mitchell Traver. Lance Brown will manage the alumni. Make a day of it at the ballpark. The varsity's batting practice begins at 10:30 a.m. with the alumni hitting at 11:10. We'll have a fan appreciation event in conjunction with the Alumni game. Just like Kids Days, which are every Sunday at Lupton Stadium, boys and girls will be able to run the bases and get autographs after the game. We'll also open the doors to the new Malcolm G. Louden Player Development Center so fans can get an up-close view of the facility. Our 2015 schedule poster will also be available. On the social media end of things, you can now follow TCU Baseball on Snap Chat at TCU_Baseball.
ON THE DOCKET
It's a full weekend of activity with 11 sports in competition. Home events begin on Friday when our second-ranked equestrian program hosts SMU. We'll begin at 10 a.m. with the Hunt Seat portion in Springtown, before continuing at 6:30 p.m. at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. Men's tennis, ranked 17th, is also home on Friday at 5:30 p.m. versus New Mexico. We'll have free pizza available at the match.
Both basketball programs are also home this weekend. The men host Oklahoma on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Wilkerson-Greines, while the women face Texas Tech on Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Rec Center.
Men's and women's swimming and diving is at Texas on Friday, while track and field will be in College Station for the Aggie Invitational. Women's tennis, ranked 20th, will begin play Friday in Charlottesville, Va., at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships. Rifle heads to Colorado Springs to compete against Air Force as well as taking part in the Patriot Conference Championship. Men's golf will be in Hawaii for the Amer Ari Invitational.
NAME THE MOVIE QUOTE
Last Week's Answer: Robert De Niro, showing his comedic side as Jack Byrnes in Meet The Parents, was referring to Jinxy the cat when he said, "The animal doesn't even have thumbs."
This Week: "Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true."
COMPLIANCE CORNER
Lucky Larry is an athletic department staff member at New England University. Lucky and some of his friends decided to place a small bet on the Super Bowl. Since Lucky's institution does not sponsor football, he thought it was permissible to place the bet. Is it permissible for Larry to bet on the Super Bowl?
No. NCAA Bylaw 10.3.1 states that the prohibition against sports wagering applies to any institutional practice or any competition (intercollegiate, amateur or professional) in a sport in which the Association conducts championship competition, in bowl subdivision football and in emerging sports for women. (Adopted: 4/26/07 effective 8/1/07). NCAA Bylaw 10.3 states that the following individuals shall not knowingly participate in sports wagering activities or provide information to individuals involved in or associated with any type of sports wagering activities concerning intercollegiate, amateur or professional athletics competition: (Adopted: 4/26/07 effective 8/1/07)
(a.) Staff members of an institution's athletics department;
(b.) Non-athletics department staff members who have responsibilities within or over the athletics department (e.g., chancellor or president, faculty athletics representative, individual to whom athletics reports);
(c.) Staff members of a conference office; and
(d.) Student-athletes.
KEEP IN TOUCH
Please let us know if you ever have any questions or concerns regarding our program. This is also your program and we value your feedback. We welcome all calls and emails.
Go Frogs!
Christopher M. Del Conte
Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
National Signing Day is always a great time for celebration, and we were very excited on Wednesday to welcome 21 football and five soccer student-athletes to the Horned Frog family. Please CLICK HERE for a recap of the football additions. The soccer signees were released via social media (@TCUSoccer) with the full class to be announced shortly on GoFrogs.com.
TOWN HALL MEETING
We thank everyone who was able to make Monday's Town Hall meeting as well as the many of you who watched the live stream. We hope you found the session helpful. We enjoyed the opportunity to visit and hear from you. Please keep us posted if you have follow-up questions or anything else on your mind that wasn't covered Monday night. In case you'd like to see our power-point presentation from the meeting, please CLICK HERE.
EQUESTRIAN AT STOCK SHOW
Our equestrian program's annual competition at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo is Friday at 6:30 p.m. versus SMU. It's complimentary admission for anyone (students, faculty, staff) with a TCU ID. We'll have free t-shirts for the first 250 TCU studepnts in attendance.
NO. 1 IN THE WORLD
We're proud of Sam Watts in our men's track and field program. His time of 20.69 in the 200 meters at last weekend's New Mexico Invitational was the top mark in the world this season. It also earned him selection as the Big 12 Co-Male Athlete of the Week.
SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS
Congratulations to Josh Boyce and Marcus Cannon of the New England Patriots on becoming our latest Super Bowl champions. We've now had at least one Super Bowl winner in six of the last nine seasons. With Clint Gresham, a Super Bowl champ last year, making his second straight appearance for the Seattle Seahawks, it was great to have three Horned Frogs in the game.
BASEBALL NOTES
Single-game tickets for our defending Big 12 champion baseball program are now on sale. Please call (817) 257-5889 to reserve your tickets today.
You'll be able to get an early peek at our 2015 squad on Saturday with our annual Alumni game. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Lupton Stadium and admission is free. The alumni team will include current major leaguers Jake Arrieta, Matt Carpenter, Brandon Finnegan and Bryan Holaday.
Arrieta, who finished in the top 10 in National League Cy Young Award voting last season, will start for the alumni team and face Mitchell Traver. Lance Brown will manage the alumni. Make a day of it at the ballpark. The varsity's batting practice begins at 10:30 a.m. with the alumni hitting at 11:10. We'll have a fan appreciation event in conjunction with the Alumni game. Just like Kids Days, which are every Sunday at Lupton Stadium, boys and girls will be able to run the bases and get autographs after the game. We'll also open the doors to the new Malcolm G. Louden Player Development Center so fans can get an up-close view of the facility. Our 2015 schedule poster will also be available. On the social media end of things, you can now follow TCU Baseball on Snap Chat at TCU_Baseball.
ON THE DOCKET
It's a full weekend of activity with 11 sports in competition. Home events begin on Friday when our second-ranked equestrian program hosts SMU. We'll begin at 10 a.m. with the Hunt Seat portion in Springtown, before continuing at 6:30 p.m. at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. Men's tennis, ranked 17th, is also home on Friday at 5:30 p.m. versus New Mexico. We'll have free pizza available at the match.
Both basketball programs are also home this weekend. The men host Oklahoma on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Wilkerson-Greines, while the women face Texas Tech on Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Rec Center.
Men's and women's swimming and diving is at Texas on Friday, while track and field will be in College Station for the Aggie Invitational. Women's tennis, ranked 20th, will begin play Friday in Charlottesville, Va., at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships. Rifle heads to Colorado Springs to compete against Air Force as well as taking part in the Patriot Conference Championship. Men's golf will be in Hawaii for the Amer Ari Invitational.
NAME THE MOVIE QUOTE
Last Week's Answer: Robert De Niro, showing his comedic side as Jack Byrnes in Meet The Parents, was referring to Jinxy the cat when he said, "The animal doesn't even have thumbs."
This Week: "Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true."
COMPLIANCE CORNER
Lucky Larry is an athletic department staff member at New England University. Lucky and some of his friends decided to place a small bet on the Super Bowl. Since Lucky's institution does not sponsor football, he thought it was permissible to place the bet. Is it permissible for Larry to bet on the Super Bowl?
No. NCAA Bylaw 10.3.1 states that the prohibition against sports wagering applies to any institutional practice or any competition (intercollegiate, amateur or professional) in a sport in which the Association conducts championship competition, in bowl subdivision football and in emerging sports for women. (Adopted: 4/26/07 effective 8/1/07). NCAA Bylaw 10.3 states that the following individuals shall not knowingly participate in sports wagering activities or provide information to individuals involved in or associated with any type of sports wagering activities concerning intercollegiate, amateur or professional athletics competition: (Adopted: 4/26/07 effective 8/1/07)
(a.) Staff members of an institution's athletics department;
(b.) Non-athletics department staff members who have responsibilities within or over the athletics department (e.g., chancellor or president, faculty athletics representative, individual to whom athletics reports);
(c.) Staff members of a conference office; and
(d.) Student-athletes.
KEEP IN TOUCH
Please let us know if you ever have any questions or concerns regarding our program. This is also your program and we value your feedback. We welcome all calls and emails.
Go Frogs!
Christopher M. Del Conte
Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
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