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TCU football announces kickoff times, TV for first two games of 2022 season

TCU football and coach Sonny Dykes open the 2022 season at Colorado on Friday, Sept. 2 at 9 p.m.
TCU football and coach Sonny Dykes open the 2022 season at Colorado on Friday, Sept. 2 at 9 p.m. amccoy@star-telegram.com

The Sonny Dykes era will get underway with a late-night kickoff time.

ESPN announced the kickoff times for early-season games on Thursday, and TCU will open the Dykes era with a 9 p.m. kickoff at Colorado on Friday, Sept. 2. The game will be televised on ESPN. It’s the first meeting between the two schools on the football field.

Colorado will play at TCU in 2023.

The Frogs will make their home debut on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. against Tarleton State on Big 12 Now, the league’s streaming service on ESPN+. It’ll be the first meeting between the two schools in football.

Along with the TCU start times, bowl game start times were also set for the upcoming season. The Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023 at AT&T Stadium is set for noon on ESPN and ESPN Radio, while the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl on Dec. 22, 2022 at Amon G. Carter Stadium will have a 6:30 p.m. kickoff.

TE commits

TCU football added to its 2023 recruiting class on Thursday.

Arlington Sam Houston tight end Lafayette Kaiuway announced his intentions to join the Frogs. Kaiuway is rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports.

This story was originally published May 26, 2022 at 5:38 PM.

Drew Davison
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Drew Davison was a TCU and Big 12 sports writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram until 2022. He covered everything in DFW from Rangers to Cowboys to motor sports.
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