The opening paragraphs of this linebacker preview highlighting the particular importance of the position for the Horned Frogs could be copy and pasted from years past, and you’d never know the difference.
Because at TCU, on the defensive side of the ball, the two men patrolling the middle of the field in Gary Pattersons’ 4-2-5 scheme remain the two most important players on the field for the Horned Frogs at any given point. That’s the way it’s been for a decade and more, and that’s the way it’ll be for the foreseeable future, until the day Patterson hangs up his visor and retires.