If you didn't puke when you saw the latest edition of Texas Monthly, you're probably a UT fan. It's bad enough that they feel the need to felate Colt McCoy and his Dad so much, but to write a cover story about Quarterbacks in Texas and leave Andy Dalton almost completely out of it? For shame. Sir Wesley Willis of spitbloodtcu.com says you need to cancel your subscription. Be warned, though, his opinions can be a little R-rated from time to time.Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Texas Monthly staff: Not fans of Andy Dalton
If you didn't puke when you saw the latest edition of Texas Monthly, you're probably a UT fan. It's bad enough that they feel the need to felate Colt McCoy and his Dad so much, but to write a cover story about Quarterbacks in Texas and leave Andy Dalton almost completely out of it? For shame. Sir Wesley Willis of spitbloodtcu.com says you need to cancel your subscription. Be warned, though, his opinions can be a little R-rated from time to time.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
ESPN Feature on Dalton
If you ventured over to the main page of ESPN.com this afternoon, you saw a picture of Gary Patterson, Marcus Cannon and Robert Henson as part of a story about TCU and the other powerhouse programs not currently in an automatic-qualifying BCS conference. There was also a feature about Andy Dalton, along with an interview of the Frogs QB with ESPN's Andrea Adelson. I tried to post the interview straight to this page, but my computer kept messing up.
Monday, August 9, 2010
More honors for Dalton
With the season-opening game against Oregon State less than four weeks away, Andy Dalton continues to rack up the preseason honors. As the national leader in career wins by an active quarterback, Dalton has previously been named to the watch lists for the O'Brien, Manning and Unitas Awards. He's now been added to the watch list for the Maxwell Award and is one of 30 "players to watch" for the Walter Camp Football Foundation's 2010 Player of the Year award.
Read the whole release from gofrogs.com about these latest honors HERE.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Dalton's Assault on the TCU Record Book
As the Frogs go through their first few days of practice, Andy Dalton's focus is no doubt on replicating the team's regular season success of a year ago, and then hopefully coupling it with a win in a BCS Bowl.
But as sincere as he may be in his team-first attitude (and I do think he is genuine in that regard), the fans will be keeping an eye on the individual records and milestones he's on the verge of reaching. For instance, we know that he's already passed Max Knake to become TCU's all-time leading passer. But if he reaches 2,543 yards in his senior season (a feat that sounds pretty reasonable given the returning help he'll have at receiver and on the offensive line), he'll reach 10,000 for his career.
He also needs just 6 touchdown passes to reach 50 for his career. If...no...WHEN he reaches that milestone, he'll also be breaking Knake's school record for career touchdown passes. He'll break Knake's school records for career attempts and completions with his 15th attempt and his 20th completed pass, respectively. Both of those records are in danger of falling in game #1 against Oregon State.
While Dalton is no Michael Vick (he actually saves dogs' lives), he definitely makes defenses worry about him beating them with his legs in addition to his arm. He doesn't rack up huge amounts of yards, but he definitely has a nose for the first-down chains...and the goal line. With just 4 rushing touchdowns this year, he'll reach 20 for his career. To put that in perspective, that's exactly how many rushing touchdowns that both Aaron Brown and Robert Merrill had in their very successful careers at TCU.
Of course, individual records won't mean anything to Dalton unless the team achieves their collective goals. And before you can reach 13 wins, you've got to win #1. With that first victory, though, Dalton will claim the most impressive individual record of them all by breaking a tie with Sammy Baugh to become the school's all-time winningest quarterback.
But as sincere as he may be in his team-first attitude (and I do think he is genuine in that regard), the fans will be keeping an eye on the individual records and milestones he's on the verge of reaching. For instance, we know that he's already passed Max Knake to become TCU's all-time leading passer. But if he reaches 2,543 yards in his senior season (a feat that sounds pretty reasonable given the returning help he'll have at receiver and on the offensive line), he'll reach 10,000 for his career.
He also needs just 6 touchdown passes to reach 50 for his career. If...no...WHEN he reaches that milestone, he'll also be breaking Knake's school record for career touchdown passes. He'll break Knake's school records for career attempts and completions with his 15th attempt and his 20th completed pass, respectively. Both of those records are in danger of falling in game #1 against Oregon State.
While Dalton is no Michael Vick (he actually saves dogs' lives), he definitely makes defenses worry about him beating them with his legs in addition to his arm. He doesn't rack up huge amounts of yards, but he definitely has a nose for the first-down chains...and the goal line. With just 4 rushing touchdowns this year, he'll reach 20 for his career. To put that in perspective, that's exactly how many rushing touchdowns that both Aaron Brown and Robert Merrill had in their very successful careers at TCU.
Of course, individual records won't mean anything to Dalton unless the team achieves their collective goals. And before you can reach 13 wins, you've got to win #1. With that first victory, though, Dalton will claim the most impressive individual record of them all by breaking a tie with Sammy Baugh to become the school's all-time winningest quarterback.
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