Texas Tech Drops TCU Again

[Judge Smails]

I wonder why they didn't drop the New Mexico game?


http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/ncf...ory?id=6038367

For a second consecutive season, Texas Tech and TCU won't play their scheduled football game.

TCU associated athletic director Jack Hesselbrock, who is in charge of scheduling, confirmed the change Wednesday.

The Red Raiders were to visit the Rose Bowl champion Horned Frogs on Sept. 10 in Fort Worth. Texas Tech, however, needed to drop one nonconference game in order to fit in a ninth Big 12 game and opted to keep its games against New Mexico and Nevada and drop TCU.

Texas Tech will be part of the Big 12's newly aligned 10-team league.

TCU offered to relocate the game to Cowboys Stadium from Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is undergoing a $105 million renovation, but Tech declined.

The Horned Frogs beat Wisconsin on New Year's Day to finish No. 2 in the final AP Top 25 poll and USA Today coaches poll.

A source close to Texas Tech said the Red Raiders are looking to push back any game against TCU a few years. Hesselbrock said he hopes the game could be re-scheduled no earlier than 2015, but there was no guarantee. Tech would owe TCU a forfeiture fee if the game is not played.

Last season's scheduled matchup in Lubbock was canceled when ESPN wanted to televise the Tech-Texas game on the same date. ESPN then worked to set up TCU's season-opener against Oregon State at Cowboys Stadium.

TCU athletic administrators have expressed dissatisfaction at being notified of the cancellation this late because it will be difficult to fill the vacancy and nearly impossible to schedule a high-profile opponent, which is important considering BCS rankings.

With the Mountain West departures of Utah and BYU, the Horned Frogs were already looking to fill voids in their schedule. Incoming Boise State is scheduled to play TCU next season, filling one of those slots.

Hesselbrock said the conference is attempting to move that game to Boise to give the Broncos home-field advantage over the Frogs, who are leaving to the Big East in 2012.

TCU still will have a Big 12 team on its schedule next season as the Frogs open the season at Baylor on Sept. 3.

Texas Tech is still looking for an opponent for Sept. 3. A source said it will seek another road game.

[OUHOMER]

What a bunch of pussies.

[soonerbub]

Tech & New Mexico are old rivals going back to the old Border Conference. They play every year or close to it

[Judge Smails]

And they just gave Tubby another year on his contract.

[Jacie]

Welcome to the big time, TCU. You want to be treated like one of the big boys, so how does it feel?

[85sooners]

[sperry]

Tech & New Mexico are old rivals going back to the old Border Conference. They play every year or close to it

I'm sure it was because of the rivalry and not because TCU went 13-0 last year and New Mexico went 1-11

[soonerbub]

Well that's why we're Champs & they're chumps

[47straight]

Watch what you guys say, the 5 guys who post on killerfrogs are going to lurk on this thread and get their feelers hurt.

[Salt City Sooner]

Status quo here. Tech has not played a single regular season OOC game against a team from a BCS conference since 2003. How'd ya like to be a season ticket holder, knowing you're virtually assured of seeing 3-4 podunk states every year?

[kevpks]

Status quo here. Tech has not played a single regular season OOC game against a team from a BCS conference since 2003. How'd ya like to be a season ticket holder, knowing you're virtually assured of seeing 3-4 podunk states every year?

At least that weak terrible schedule guarantees them a yearly trip to a weak terrible bowl.

[OU-HSV]

What a bunch of pussies.

My thoughts exactly. I can't wait to call my red raider buddy and give him sh*t tomorrow after reading this one. Good stuff.

[agoo758]

Bring in a former SEC coach, and with him comes the typical-SEC-we-got-no-balls-so-we-are-scheduling-the citadel-in-december attitude,