Blake featured on cover of Dave Campbell's Texas Football
6/8/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
June 8, 2007
FORT WORTH, Texas -- TCU preseason All-America defensive end Tommy Blake will be featured on the cover of the 2007 issue of Dave Campbell's Texas Football.Blake shares the cover with Texas quarterback Colt McCoy and Texas A&M signal caller Stephen McGee. The publication hits the newsstands Monday.
The magazine was started in 1960 by Dave Campbell, longtime writer and editor for the Waco Tribune-Herald. Since then, it has become one of the best-selling football magazines in the state and has been dubbed "The Bible of Texas Football." Each year, its release is widely anticipated and the identity of the cover is a tightly-guarded secret.
As a prelude to the release of the magazine, FSN Southwest will air a special -- "Under the Lights" Texas Football Magazine Cover Story -- Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 10 p.m. At that time, the official cover will be unveiled.
Blake is a preseason All-American by Playboy, Athlon and NationalChamps.net. The Sporting News has tabbed him as the Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year and the nation's fifth-best defensive end. Blake is on watch lists for the Lombardi Award and Lott Trophy.
A senior from Aransas Pass, Texas, Blake topped the MWC last season with 16.5 tackles for a loss while tying for the league lead with seven sacks. A unanimous first-team All-MWC selection, Blake was the Defensive Most Valuable Player in TCU's 37-7 Poinsettia Bowl victory over Northern Illinois.
Blake totaled 54 stops for the Frogs last year, including a tackle for a loss in all but two games. The former high school tailback forced two fumbles and recovered two. He returned a fumble 12 yards for a touchdown in a win at New Mexico.
