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By STEFAN STEVENSON The TCU Horned Frogs appeared rested and ready Saturday morning during their first practice since learning last Sunday they're playing Boise State at the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 4.Officials from the Fiesta Bowl and the city of Glendale, Ariz., watched as the team practiced for the first time in six days at the Sam Baugh ...

Should this be the year of the Horned Frog? PHOTOS TCU's Andy Dalton has outplayed guys named Tebow and McCoy.

If the question coming into Saturday night centered on No. 4 TCU's worthiness as a BCS candidate, the Horned Frogs made you feel stupid for asking it.

UTAH VS. TEXAS CHRISTIAN WHEN: 4:30 p.m. today WHERE: Amon Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas TV/RADIO: CBSC , KBAD-AM LINE: TCU -191/2; total 461/2 Texas Christian running back Ryan Christian celebrates his 44-yard touchdown reception in the Horned Frogs' 55-12 victory over San Diego State on Nov.

The first thing Kyle Whittingham said when he addressed the media in his weekly Monday morning press conference about summed it up to perfection.

The Horned Frogs made one thing clear on Saturday: This isn't just a defensive team anymore.

The view from the TCU athletic director's suite in the end zone is obscured by guests standing and high-fiving 'til their palms bleed.

Now that the hometown fans are finally taking notice of No. 4 TCU, maybe the rest of the nation will also realize that the BCS-hopeful Horned Frogs are for real.

This is why Jerry Hughes came back. This is why they were waking up at 6 a.m. every day this August for practices in the unforgiving Texas heat.

No matter how many times a player says the right thing when logic calls for brutal honesty and no matter how many times an athlete puts on a good face when they've been stripped of playing time, you know deep down they are burning inside.

UNR RUMBLES PAST SAN JOSE STATE SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Colin Kaepernick ran for 115 yards and three touchdowns to lead UNR to a 62-7 victory over San Jose State on Sunday night.

Andy Dalton threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more as No. 6 TCU won its 11th straight with a 55-12 win over San Diego State on Saturday.

Texas took a small step forward in the Bowl Championship Series standings Sunday, and the remaining unbeaten teams held down the first seven spots.

The TCU Horned Frogs had been slow starters all year, averaging just 3.5 points in the first quarter, but they believed a fast start was imperative Saturday night in front of a rowdy sellout crowd at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

TCU coach Gary Patterson had a simple and brief message for his Horned Frogs about still being undefeated halfway through what they hope will be their BCS-busting season.

By STEFAN STEVENSON Linebacker Daryl Washington could hear Gary Patterson yelling from the sideline.

Junior CB Derrius Bell, a Hillcrest product, is probably out for the season after suffering his second concussion of the season Saturday at TCU, coach June Jones said.

Streaks are a little like the new delicacy at the State Fair of Texas - fried butter.

Despite being the only undefeated program in the Mountain West Conference entering play this week and placing 10th in the most recent AP Poll, the TCU Horned Frogs aren't even the leaders in the conference standings at the moment.

Above all else, TCU teams are trained to first do no harm. The Horned Frogs typically don't turn the ball over.