Dean Straka
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Past life: CBS Sports, 247Sports, The Dallas Morning News and more • @TCUSchieffer alum • Matthew 5:16
Joined November 2012
James 1:17 ✨ “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”. We are in awe of God’s goodness and kindness. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Baby BOY joining the Straka family this October! 💙
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I speak for every American outside of Kansas City in apologizing to the New England Patriots and their fans. Your dynasty really wasn’t all that insufferable compared to this.
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TCU and SMU both making the College Football Playoff before Texas A&M is honestly the wildest timeline.
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TCU and Clemson have identical records. TCU's strength of record (3) is above Clemson (4). TCU has more ranked wins (4) than Clemson (3). The fact Clemson is No. 4 while TCU is down at No. 7 is laughable. #CFBPlayoff.
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This will be an official college athletic conference in one year from now.
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Sonny Dykes said he hopes TCU’s run to the CFP title game “gives hope to everybody” in terms of access:. “I bet there are lots of people in places like Manhattan, Lubbock, Houston, Orlando or Stillwater who are saying ‘if they can do it, we can do it.’ And I think they’re right.”.
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#Alabama WR Slade Bolden was asked when the last time was that he was tested for COVID-19. "I can't tell you. We usually don't get tested unless we have symptoms.". #CFBPlayoff.
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Would appear Texas is really trying to limit the effect of the TCU marching band this afternoon.
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This segment would never see the light of day if it was Texas or Oklahoma who had the exact same resume as TCU.
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With Oklahoma's win over Houston, the @Big12Conference goes a perfect 10-0 in Week 1 of the 2019 college football season.
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SMU plays some 25 miles away from the CFP HQ and I’m not sure the committee has watched a minute of them all season. No. 14 as the last team undefeated in ACC play and with its lone loss coming to an undefeated top 10 opponent? Holy brand bias.
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Not a hypothetical: A school that averaged 5.1 wins in league play in the Big 12 over the past decade is currently atop the standings in its SEC debut.
I hate hypotheticals, but if we swapped SMU for Texas A&M, Clemson for South Carolina, Miami for Florida and gave them the respective schedules, would SMU still be 10-1 in the SEC? Would Clemson be 9-2? Would Miami be 10-1?. Heck no. Probably not. Definitely not.
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Four straight NCAA Final Fours with a Big 12 team and now three straight NCAA men's basketball title games with a Big 12 representative (Texas Tech, Baylor, Kansas).
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BYU not even getting a sniff of at-large consideration from the CFP committee past mid-November is far more damning than anything relating to Alabama, Ole Miss or South Carolina.
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TCU QB Max Duggan went through a head coaching change and lost his starting job this past offseason. He decided to stay. He seized an opportunity when it came his way. And he's now headed to NYC. What a journey for that young man.
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TCU had no Derius Davis, lost Quentin Johnston and Kendre Miller, saw Max Duggan fighting for his life, had plenty of self inflicted wounds, and still managed to win that football game. If anyone doubts TCU belongs in the CFP race after that one, you’re fooling yourself.
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Ohio State and Alabama are both outside the top 4 of the #CFBPlayoff rankings and are idle this weekend. If either gets in, it really feels like we're doing nothing more than punishing someone else for actually reaching their respective conference title game.
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TCU scheduled Colorado years in advance and caught Deion in his debut game. TCU scheduled UNC years in advance and will catch Bill Belichick in his debut game. Congrats to the lucky school on TCU’s future schedule for eventually landing Nick Saban.
BREAKING: UNC finalizing deal to land Bill Belichick as new football coach. Story -->
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“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
The Cheez-It Bowl is no more. It is now the Pop-Tarts Bowl, pitting ACC vs. Big 12.
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The left is Max Duggan after the Big 12 Championship Game loss to Kansas State. The right is Max Duggan last night after TCU slayed Michigan and advanced to the national championship game. College football, man. What a difference a single month can make.
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USC football hasn't crushed Oklahoma's spirits like this since January 2005.
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Apologies if this counts as a “grenade,” but how much attention the Big 12 has already received today at PAC-12 media day really tells just about all you need to know.
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Sonny Dykes says TCU players will wear pirate flag helmet stickers honoring Mike Leach during the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl.
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The photo on the left was TCU’s band at Texas last September. The photo on the right (via @colinp_3) is the Texas band today in Fort Worth. Life comes at ya fast.
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#TCU assistant Paul Gonzales just now popping into the media holding room: "When you write, make sure they know which conference we are in!".
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You'll be shocked to hear this, but Stephen A. Smith is currently losing his mind on First Take about TCU getting in the College Football Playoff over Alabama.
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The moment TCU got in the College Football Playoff. A moment in Fort Worth that will never be forgotten.
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Every coach is going to prop up their own conference, so make of this what you will. But when 26 bids in three seasons results in zero Final Four teams while another league is vying for a third straight national title, you can feel pretty confident the Big Ten ain’t No. 1.
"No matter what anybody says. we have the best league in the country." . Is the Big Ten the best conference in the country? .
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Remember when Lincoln Riley didn't want to release Austin Kendall at WVU and Chandler Morris at TCU citing that transfers within the conference were bad for the game?. Simpler times, man. Simpler times. .
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#IowaState's Matt Campbell, on ESPNU, when asked why he hasn't left for a more high-profile gig: . "You're either somebody that's trying to be somebody, or trying to do something . what I'm trying to do is do something and make a difference." #Big12MediaDays.
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#Alabama LB Will Anderson on the matchup against Cincinnati: . "I feel like we're the underdog in this game. All year, we've been disrespected.". #CFBPlayoff.
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What TCU did to Iowa State yesterday still probably isn’t being talked about enough in the context of the ISU defense. The Cyclones — even after that drubbing — end the year averaging 20.25 ppg allowed and rank 8th nationally in total defense. The Frogs went out and hung 62.
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Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh on #TCU QB Max Duggan:. "I can't tell you what a joy it was to watch him compete on Saturday. Nothing but tremendous respect. All I see is a relentless competitor. Super talented.".
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The Big 12 is 5-1 in bowl games. Most importantly, the Big 12 has claim to both the Duke’s Mayo Bowl and Pop-Tarts Bowl champions. Power conference.
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TCU just completed an undefeated regular season in its first year under head coach Sonny Dykes. An unbelievable coaching job at a program picked to finish in the bottom half of the Big 12. Something special is going on in Fort Worth.
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Forget the records. So many regional rivalries have been a obliterated lately that I’m not complaining about any field storming in an unranked game. Beat your hated rival and have bragging rights for 365 days — that’s what college football is all about. Party away, Baylor.
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The Big 12 season in summary: Neither Oklahoma or Iowa State made it to Arlington, Gary Patterson got fired, Baylor won 10 games, and Texas had its longest losing streak since 1956. Imagine telling all of that to yourself on Sept. 4.
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Sonny Dykes commended the turnout from @TCUFootball fans and apologized for the showing tonight. "I know tickets were expensive. I know flights were expensive. Our fans have answered the call every time we asked. We feel like we let them down with our performance tonight.".
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Six years ago tonight. I don’t know if we’ll ever see anything like it again. @valeroalamobowl
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The Baylor band wasn’t kidding about the frozen instruments.
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The @Big12Conference just went 6-0 in the first round of March Madness. Toughest conference in college basketball, no questions asked.
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Max Duggan gets one more game in a #TCU uniform, and a chance to bring home a championship to Fort Worth.
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TCU QB Max Duggan is the winner of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. First TCU player to ever take home the honor.
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TCU QB Max Duggan fighting through tears as he hits the podium.
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Gary Patterson on @TCUFootball : . "We're the school that was the little girl with piggy tails who had a crush on you, but you didn't pay attention to. Then all of a sudden she's the prom queen and you missed out.". That concludes my early quote of the year submission.
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You���d really think that an Alabama program that seemingly spends so much time thinking about 2022 TCU would learn how to handle Michigan at this rate.
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So, if this is really his last season at Oklahoma, Kyler Murray will have never lost a single true road game between high school AND college as a starting QB. Let that sink in.
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#USC coach Lincoln Riley when asked if Miller Moss is QB1 moving forward and if he'll still dip into the transfer portal for a QB: . "I can't believe we got to the fourth question (before that was asked). He may have scared off anybody that wanted to come here anyway.".
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Breakdown of the All-Big 12 First Team by school:. • TCU: 5.• OU: 4 .• BU: 3.• K-State: 3.• TTU: 3.• ISU: 3.• OKST: 2 .• KU: 2.• UT: 2.• WVU: 2. Sorta wild that a 5-7 team ended the year with the most first-team selections in its conference.
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Adding to disrespect from earlier: TCU is the only Power 5 team in the country with 3 10-win regular seasons since 2014 and just 1 New Year's Six Bowl game appearance in that span. Something's gotta change there.
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TCU QB Max Duggan was asked to revisit his emotional postgame reaction from the Big 12 title game. “It’s okay to care about something you put so much effort into. To be vulnerable and share those emotions — these are those guys’ lives.”
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This is true. Neither have appeared in their respective sports’ championship events since 2009.
Texas should embrace being the New York Yankees of College Football. CLIP:
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#TCU's Gary Patterson just went on a tangent defending @OU_Football: "They say they aren't playing any defense . it doesn't make any difference. I hear you have to be a complete team. No you don't. You just have to have one side of the ball that is better than anybody else.".
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Sonny Dykes on the importance of the SMU-TCU football series: “I think it makes sense for teams that are close to each other to play each other. You know, that’s why it makes so much sense for USC to be in the Big Ten … they’re right there next to each other.”
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#TCU DB Trevon Moehrig has won the Thorpe Award as college football’s top defensive back. First TCU player to ever win the honor.
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Utah and TCU led for a collective 48 seconds in regulation today. Both knock off top 10 opponents. College football!.
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Washington should 100% be ranked ahead of USC after tonight.
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2022 TCU football:. First Texas school to reach the College Football Playoff. First Texas/Big 12 school to win a College Football Playoff game. All after going 5-7 a year ago and replacing its winningest head coach of all time with that of its crosstown rival.
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Jeff Brohm left a Big Ten job to come back home, and he's about to have Louisville sitting 6-0 in his first season at the helm. Might wanna start paying attention to those Cardinals if you haven't been already.
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TCU football:.- Back-to-back wins after being down by 3 scores. - Four consecutive wins against AP Top 25 teams(!).- 7-0 and in sole possession of first place in the Big 12. Something special is going on in Fort Worth.
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Texas RB Bijan Robinson was on a streak of seven straight games with at least 100 yards entering last night. 209 a week ago against K-State. TCU's defense held him to 29 yards, a career-low as the Longhorns' starter.
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Saturday wasn’t pretty from a TCU football standpoint. But as a first timer in Morgantown, here’s a tip of a cap to #WVU fans and the theatre that Mountaineer Field has to offer.
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Cotton Bowl drive summary at halftime: . Punt.Punt.Punt.Punt.FG.Punt.Punt.Punt.Punt.Punt.Punt.Punt.Punt.End of Half . Make it stop, @SickosCommittee.
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There’s a fan with an extremely important message that just showed up here in the commons:
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Oct 27, 2017: TCU football was 7-0 and ranked No. 4 in the nation. Oct 27, 2018: TCU is 3-5 and dead last, behind Kansas, in the Big 12 Conference standings.
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TCU is the first team to reach 11-0 in the Big 12 since the league went to its current make up in 2012. And the Frogs just came absolutely out of the grave to just stun their rival in a game that was all kinds of wild. An unthinkable undefeated season lives on.
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Sonny Dykes after TCU's 2 OT win against Oklahoma State: "Our reward is we have to play ranked Kansas State coming off a bye. Congratulations.".
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Manny Diaz, 13 months after the Miami exit, is a Rose Bowl champion.
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Sonny Dykes on anyone who still questions #TCU being worthy of CFP contender status:. "I don't care. They can say whatever they want to say. Our job is to win football games.".
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Take a long look at that video, folks. If Oklahoma fans can pack The Carter that full for a mid-tier bowl game after going 6-6, there is ZERO excuse for TCU fans to not do the same for games that actually have stakes.
Honestly a great crowd here in Fort Worth. Almost completely full of OU fans. Here’s the flyover.
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Trying to find my way to the lecture hall in SidRich on TCU’s campus during freshman year.
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TCU QB Max Duggan has won the Davey O’Brien Award. First TCU player to win the QB honor that is named after the Horned Frog great.
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Paul Finebaum just now on ESPN: "They got it right with the No. 3 position. They rewarded #TCU for a tremendous body of work.".
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TCU just attempted the most utterly absurd failed trick play in the history of college football. #CheezItBowl
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#TCU's Gary Patterson, as he was about to leave the podium, came back to say this about West Virginia as a whole: . "A guy I consider a good friend is @BradPaisley. I really appreciate the way they handle things -- him, Bob Huggins and @Holgorsendana. Very proud of what they do.".
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As if #Baylor playing its bowl game at TCU’s stadium wasn’t already cruel enough… . Forecasted low of 9°F with 35 mph winds (higher gusts possible) Thursday night in Fort Worth. 🥶🏈
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Steve Avila is recalling #TCU's first meeting after Sonny Dykes was hired a year ago today. He says S&C coach Kaz Kazadi got in front of the team, at first in silence, and then said the following: . "That is the last time you will ever look at me and question what I'm doing.".
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TCU coach Sonny Dykes to fans while leaving the field at SMU: “See y’all!”. A bottle was thrown shortly after.
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Biggest blown lead in a loss for TCU at Amon G. Carter Stadium since joining the Big 12. That’s the kind of loss that requires the entire staff to do some serious soul searching.
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At least 25% of my Twitter feed right now is OU and Texas fans firing insults at the other team's head coach. Happy Red River Rivalry Eve.
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The year is 2021 and Bob Stoops is going for it on 4th down up 44-25 in the fourth. I never want to leave this simulation.
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Texas is going to leave the Big 12 with a 1-5 record at home against TCU in the schools’ time together in the league, and no better than 4-8 overall.
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.@LincolnRiley on the criticism the Big 12 has taken for high-scoring shootouts, touching on OU-WVU: "People who haven't been in it can't understand what it takes (to win) . to dismiss it as not great football is crazy and a bit uneducated in my opinion.".
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Baylor fans just broke out the “S-E-C!” chant at McLane Stadium.
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Per TCU: This is the first time in history the Horned Frogs have defeated a top 25 opponent in three consecutive games.
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