Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson
Gary Pattersonis an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Texas Christian University. Patterson has led the TCU Horned Frogs to six conference championships—the Conference USA title in 2002, four Mountain West Conference titles, and Big 12 Conference co-championship in 2014—and eight bowl game wins including a victory in the 2011 Rose Bowl. His 2010 squad finished the season undefeated at 13–0 after a 21-19 Rose Bowl victory over the Wisconsin Badgers on...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth13 February 1960
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There are so many things being taught. We're just trying to install and get better.
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The only difference between us and them is that we won two overtime games and they lost three.
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We have received questions from players all over the West Utah, California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico since the move was announced. We understand how good the competition is, that we're going to places like BYU to play in front of 60,000 instead of some places in Conference USA to play in front of 6,000. Bigger stadiums. A stronger league. Stronger nonconference scheduling. It's all a big difference for us and yet our kids are very excited.
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I thought he handled that very well. Then we were able to get him some bootlegs, and I don't think they were expecting him to run. ... I'm not sure he's a great runner, but he's mobile.
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I said going into the ballgame that I thought there was a little bit of an advantage in having a senior quarterback. He gave me a scare .. and I told him to never do it again.
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I said when we got here that I thought it was going to come down to a field goal in the fourth quarter.
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I think that nine times out of 10, Oklahoma wins this game. Today was our one. We got a chance to show off on national TV and show America that TCU is not gone.
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I think that nine times out of 10, Oklahoma wins this game, ... Today was our one.
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I think what we were able to do (in 2003) and then what Utah did gives everyone hope for (automatic BCS inclusion),
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You always worry about your offense, but our offense is a little ahead of our defense right now. This group is ready, but you never know until game time.
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We don't have a supply crisis here. We have these dependable sources.
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It's going to be a great ball game. We're very closely matched in lot of ways.
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It was just a game with a lot of plays and a lot of football action. I think most people enjoyed it. I even did, and I'm a defensive guy.
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I'm really proud of the team and really proud of the way the defense played in the second half. We wanted an opportunity to finish high and jump into the top 10 in the final rankings. I feel like we've earned it.