Notes On A Scorecard
12/22/2010 12:00:00 AM | General
Dec. 22, 2010
PURPLE UP IN PASADENADeparture day is Friday for our Rose Bowl-bound football team. Please make every effort possible to wear purple as we turn Southern California into a sea of purple. Our on-line store (http://shop.gofrogs.com/search/purple) is the best place to start. When purchasing your Rose Bowl apparel, please support TCU by buying through our on-line store. If you're waiting to get your gear in California, we ask that you make every effort to buy from our official merchandise vendors at the J.W. Marriott and Renaissance hotels. A portion of the proceeds benefits TCU Athletics.
PEP RALLY
Our alumni office and athletics marketing staff are putting together a great program for our Friday, Dec. 31, Pep Rally at 3 p.m. outside our football team's hotel at the J.W. Marriott at L.A. Live. Please support all our alumni events in California.
DOLLAR NIGHT
We'll have $1 tickets and hot dogs tonight as our women's basketball team hosts Georgia. The Lady Bulldogs are ranked just outside the top 25. Tip-off is at 6:30 p.m. We've won our last 27 home games, tied for the third-longest current streak in the nation. We hope to see you tonight in the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.
BEHIND THE ARC
Following a Tuesday home game versus Chicago State, our men's basketball program will open Mountain West Conference play Wednesday, Jan. 5, at 6:30 p.m. against a San Diego State Aztec team ranked seventh in the nation. The San Diego State contest is also the first game in our 3-point play pack. For just $33, you can receive one ticket to home games versus the Aztecs (Jan. 5), UNLV (Feb. 9) and New Mexico (Feb. 26). In addition, you'll also be provided one food voucher (hot dog or nachos) and a drink each game as well as a season t-shirt. San Diego State, UNLV and New Mexico are all ranked or receiving votes in the top 25 polls.
DOMINO'S DELIVERS
Speaking of the Jan. 5 game versus No. 7 San Diego State, it's also Domino's Day. For just $12, you can buy a ticket to the game, a personal pan pizza and a drink. We'll also have a Domino's Day for our women's basketball team when it hosts Oklahoma Jan. 2 at 5 p.m. in the DMC. For just $10, you'll receive a ticket, personal pan pizza and drink. To purchase a ticket for our Domino's Days, 3-point play pack or any athletics contest, please visit our Web site (www.GoFrogs.com) or call our athletics ticket office at (817) 257-FROG (3764).
WE'RE NO. 1
How about our baseball team being ranked No. 1 in the nation in the Collegiate Baseball preseason poll! It's a great sign of respect for the job coach Jim Schlossnagle and his staff have done in building a baseball program that makes TCU and Fort Worth proud.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
We still have four suites available on the West side of Amon G. Carter Stadium. Please contact associate athletics director Davis Babb (d.babb@tcu.edu or 817-257-5658). Our on-line store (http://shop.gofrogs.com/search/purple), featuring Rose Bowl merchandise, also has plenty of gift ideas.
BREAK OUT THE CAP AND GOWN
Congratulations to our 34 student-athletes representing 12 sports who received their TCU degree on Saturday. Included in that total were 12 current members of our football team. We'll have 17 football student-athletes with a degree already in hand when we take the field Jan. 1 at the Rose Bowl.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Please make note of some very popular events rapidly approaching. Our football signing day reception is Feb. 2 at 5 p.m. in the Brown-Lupton University Union. Tickets are $30 and will sell out quickly. Please sign up through our Frog Club office (http://frogclub.tcu.edu). Our baseball program's annual First Pitch banquet is Feb. 11 at the Omni Hotel in downtown Fort Worth. This year's featured speakers are Texas Rangers' CEO Chuck Greenberg and ESPN baseball analyst Tim Kurkjian. Please contact TCU director of baseball operations Meredith Montgomery (m.m.montgomery@tcu.edu) for more information.
CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
Everything is moving forward on the renovation of Amon G. Carter Stadium. The crews working on the project are pleased with the progress made since the Dec. 5 implosion.
KEEP IN TOUCH
Please let us know if you ever have any questions or concerns regarding our program. This is also your program and we value your feedback.
Go Frogs!
Christopher M. Del Conte
Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
