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The Look Back: 5 TCU football stories readers loved in September 2025

Stories by Fort Worth Star-Telegram journalists, with AI summarization

This set of Star-Telegram stories highlights key moments for TCU football and its community.

Read the stories below.

TCu quarterback Josh Hoover (10) participates in drills during a team practice at the Sheridan & CLif Morris Football Practice Fields on TCU campus on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. By Christopher Torres

NICK SABAN CALLS TCU’S JOSH HOOVER ONE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S BEST QUARTERBACKS

TCU quarterback Josh Hoover is one of the most accomplished returning starters in college football, and former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban praised Hoover on “College Football Countdown” before the Horned Frogs’ game against North Carolina on Monday on ESPN. | Published September 2, 2025 | Read Full Story by Lawrence Dow

College football players across Texas have worn helmet decals depicting a green ribbon to commemorate the lives lost in the July 4 Texas Hill Country flooding. The decals were on TCU players’ helmets for their Sep. 1, 2025, game against the University of North Carolina, and the Horned Frogs will again wear the decals for their Sept. 13 game against Abilene Christian University.

TCU FOOTBALL PAYS TRIBUTE TO LIVES LOST IN TEXAS HILL COUNTRY TRAGEDY

Over the past two months, Texans have used green ribbons with bows to commemorate the lives lost in the July 4 Hill Country flooding, which killed more than 100 people, including more than two dozen girls and counselors from Camp Mystic in Hunt.Green is significant because it’s Camp Mystic’s official color, and it’s not uncommon to find the green ribbons tied around trees across the state, a stark reminder of the tragedy, yet also a way of keeping the victims’ memories alive.For last weekend’s season-opening slate of games, several Texas college football teams sported ribbons of their own, in the form of a special decal on players’ helmets depicting an outline of the state of Texas with a green bow at its center. | Published September 8, 2025 | Read Full Story by Matthew Adams

TCU mascot Super Frog hops into the student section during a college football game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the SMU Mustangs at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. By Chris Torres

TCU’S LATEST AMON G. CARTER STADIUM CONCESSION FOOD: A PURPLE KOREAN CORN DOG

TCU just introduced a new football game snack: | Published September 10, 2025 | Read Full Story by Ella Gonzales

Former TCU cornerback Jason Verrett, with his hand on the shoulder of Ex-head coach Gary Patterson, as the pair were among eight honorees at the halftime of TCU’s game against SMU on Saturday, September 20.

TCU HONORS EX-COACH GARY PATTERSON AT HALFTIME; FANS DISCUSS HIS IMPACT

Gary Patterson was one of eight TCU legends enshrined into the university’s Athletics Hall of Fame on Thursday, and the team honored them at halftime of the team’s rivalry game against SMU on Saturday. | Published September 20, 2025 | Read Full Story by Lawrence Dow

TCU wide receiver Eric McAlister (1) runs upfield after a reception in the second half of an NCAA football game between TCU and SMU at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. By Chris Torres

STAR TCU RECEIVER SEVERELY LIMITED BY INJURY AGAINST ARIZONA STATE

Star TCU receiver Eric McAlister’s status played only sparingly Friday against Arizona State and did not record a catch. | Published September 27, 2025 | Read Full Story by Steven Johnson

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.