On June 27, 2010, media conducted a poll survey predicting the second consecutive win for TCU in this year’s Mountain West Football Conference. The announcement was made in Las Vegas at the Red Rock Resort. The occasion was the MWC Football Media Day

The Frogs also filled the lineup of the MWC preseason all-conference team with 8 members in all included. In addition other distinctions were awarded to some team members with senior quarterback Andy Dalton honored as the Preseason MWC Offensive Player of the Year, junior linebacker Tank Carder given the distinction of Defensive Player of the Year and senior returner Jeremy Kerley named Special Teams Player of the Year.

Andy Dalton was previously named the 2009 MWC Offensive Player after having scored 23 touchdown passes. He also set a record for passing yards in a single season. His record was 2,756. With a total of 29 career victories to his credit, he currently is at the top of the list of the nation’s active quarterbacks. In the same year Tank Carder received the title of All_MWC player while Kerley scored a record 39 punts with a total of 563 punt yards. They were among the top five teams of 2009 for scoring and offensive rushing.

DL Wayne Daniels, PK Ross Evans, OL Jake Kirkpatrick, OL Marcus Cannon and DL Cory Grant, team members all were also named preseason 2009 All-MWC players.

For the current games, TCU has seven starters in their defensive unit and 9 in their offensive unit.

Next to TCU in the MWC ratings come the cougars, followed by Brigham Young.

For the 2010 games, Tanner Brock is being groomed to play starter at outside linebacker. Coach Patterson is keeping an eye on his progress. He did great last season in the special teams but whether he will do as well in this new job remains to be seen. Judging from his intense playing style, his chances are good.

To take the place of Daryl Washington whom TCU lost to the Arizona Cardinals in the 2010 NFL draft, is sophomore Greg Burks. Given his performance in 2009, delivering powerful, dead-stop hits on opposing kick returners, coach Patterson is extremely confident about his ability to fill his post.

A talented freshman linebacker, Marcus Mallet may possibly considered for active play during this year’s games. His past performance shows he needs just a bit more of experience before he can perform on par with his older team mates.

Kris Gardner, a capable linebacker will probably be seeing plenty of action for this 2010 foot ball conference. He is the nephew of the team’s line backers’ coach, Tony Tademy. His playing style has profited by that fact. In 2009 he showed fans who is who, recording 19 tackles on the season. Of these 8 were on special teams. He was a major force in the game in which the team beat Colorado 44-6.

TCU will definitely be pushing their linebackers again this season. With some of their former pros gone though, plenty of training is in store for the team.

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