Night of Champions Set For March 3
2/23/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Feb. 23, 2005
The annual TCU Night of Champions is set for Thursday, March 3 in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on the TCU campus. The event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 6:00 p.m. and is a precursor to the start of spring practice.
"The Night of Champions is a culmination of our off-season conditioning program," said TCU Strength and Conditioning Coach Don Sommer. "It's a showcase event where the some of our strongest athletes compete in the bench press, incline, squat and power clean lifts."
The players compete for the coveted Iron Frog Award, which is based on a Power Index (PI). The PI is determined by adding the combined weight lifted in the bench press, squat and power clean, divided by the player's weight. The award is given in four categories: down players (under 260 pounds), down players (over 260 pounds), standup players (fullbacks, tight ends and linebackers) and skill players (quarterbacks, tailbacks, receivers, defensive backs and kickers).
The Horned Frogs will officially begin spring practice drills on Saturday, March 5. That will mark the first of 15 spring practices, culminating in the annual Spring Game on Saturday, April 9.
The Horned Frogs will use the spring drills to begin preparation for the 2005 football season, their first in the Mountain West Conference. The Frogs will open the season with a pair of non-conference road games at Oklahoma on September 3 and at SMU on September 10. Their final non-conference tilt will be in Amon G. Carter Stadium on Saturday, October 15 against Army. The Mountain West Conference schedule has not been finalized, but the Frogs are slated to host Colorado State, New Mexico, UNLV and Utah and have road games at Air Force, BYU, San Diego State and Wyoming.
Here is the complete spring schedule (all dates subject to change):
Saturday, March 5 Practice #1
Monday, March 7 Practice #2
Tuesday, March 8 Practice #3
Wednesday, March 9 Practice #4
Thursday, March 10 Practice #5; Scrimmage
Tuesday, March 22 Practice #6
Thursday, March 24 Practice #7
Friday, March 25 Practice #8
Monday, March 28 Practice #9
Tuesday, March 29 Practice #10
Thursday, March 31 Practice #11
Saturday, April 2 Practice #12; Scrimmage
Tuesday, April 5 Practice #13
Thursday, April 7 Practice #14
Saturday, April 9 Practice #15; Spring Game/Banquet
The annual Football Banquet celebrating the 2004 season is set for Saturday, April 9. The silent auction begins at 6:30 p.m. with dinner seating starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Amon G. Carter Exhibits Hall, Round Up Inn, Will Rogers Memorial Center, 3400 Burnett-Tandy Drive in Fort Worth. Tickets are $30 per person with table sponsorships available. Contact Mike Sinquefield in the TCU Football office at 817-257-7970 for more information.
