Jason Phillips News

HOUSTON The University Of Houston has announced that head coach Kevin Sumlin is a semifinalist for the George Munger College Coach of the Year.

Stephen Hodge leaned on his crutches, a Dallas Cowboys cap outing him as he watched TCU football practice with a couple of former teammates on Thursday.

By STEFAN STEVENSON Stopping BYU quarterback Max Hall's passing show is an obvious priority for the TCU defense when the No.

The BCS looks ready to welcome another team from outside the six automatically qualifying conferences into one of its major-money bowls this January.

The heaters were raging on the TCU sideline, players taking turns toasting their frozen fingers and feet on an evening when temperatures dipped into the teens.

This is the fifth of a nine-day position breakdown of TCU football, culminating with special teams on Saturday, when the Horned Frogs open their season at Virginia.

TCU finished last season ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, its highest ranking since 1959.

By STEFAN STEVENSON There have been rumblings since spring that this could be the year the TCU offense finally outshines the defense.No offense , offense, but don't count on it.This is still TCU.

Wide receiver Terrell Owens' release was at least partly because the Dallas Cowboys wanted to allow quarterback Tony Romo to take over leadership of the team, Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones says in an online report by Yahoo! Sports.

The Ravens signed two more draft picks, locking linebacker Jason Phillips and running back Cedric Peerman into three-year contracts on Wednesday.

There are no one-man teams. Georgia 's Herschel Walker, Texas ' Vince Young and Oregon 's Dennis Dixon could be raised as compelling arguments to the contrary, but no one player - no matter how amazing - can make a college football team great.

Less than 24 hours after the last pick was made, Football pundits around the web have been evaluating each teama s selections.

He would sit quietly on the floor and watch intently as his father put another game tape into the VCR, and he would listen intently as his father dissected the action for him.

The 2009 NFL draft is in the books and 49 players from the Independents and non-automatic qualifying schools were selected and will join their new teams later this week.

The Mountain West Conference had 16 former football players selected in the 2009 NFL Draft held on April 25-26 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

One of Jason Phillips' favorite players in the NFL is Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis.

Positives : He is a tackling machine. A son of a high school coach, Phillips stood out on the field with his passion and intelligence.

Before the world saw it on TV, Jason Phillips got the call he was waiting for Sunday.

The Baltimore Ravens have selected Virginia running back Cedric Peerman with the 185th overall pick in the NFL draft.

The Ravens drafted TCU's Jason Phillips with their first pick in the fifth round, selecting an inside linebacker who should make an immediate impact on special teams.