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Gary Patterson has gained quite a reputation for turning offensive players into defensive standouts.

By Angel Verdejo and Kevin Posival Killeen Daily Herald Going into the 2009 college football season, the headliner among former area football standouts was Copperas Cove's Robert Griffin III.

From Staff Reports Former Copperas Cove standout Tanner Brock was honored this week for his quick transition to college football, as the freshmen linebacker received second-team Freshman All-America honors from Phil Steele's College Football Preview.

Former UH head coach Kim Helton and current co-offensive coordinator and receivers coach Jason Phillips are candidates for SHSU's head coaching job.

A Sporting View By Mark Vasto In a season filled with "stories of the season," none stands out quite as much as Texas Christian University's rise to BCS-caliber play.

By WILLIAM WILKERSON ARLINGTON - Houston co-offensive coordinator Jason Phillips opted not to take the helicopter tour that would have dropped him off at Cowboys Stadium for the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Team Announcement Party on Thursday.'I like to keep my feet planted firmly on the ground,' he said.He'd rather leave the high-flying ...

Alert readers have noticed something strange - " the current covers of Fort Worth Weekly and Fort Worth, Texas magazine look almost identical.

Former TCU linebacker Jason Phillips passed the leadership torch to senior Daryl Washington after last year's bowl win over Boise State, but he passed his specific position to sophomore Tank Carder.

This game is for Mike Renfro and Norm Bulaich, who never got the chance to play for a conference championship.

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.