FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — TCU coach Gary Patterson called suspended defensive end Mike Tuaua one of the most-liked players on the team and said the facts will come out in a case that has the senior and another player facing robbery charges.
While not elaborating on what those facts might be, Patterson on Tuesday defended Tuaua and his program, saying, "right or wrong, just like a parent, I've got his back."
Tuaua and freshman receiver Andre Petties-Wilson were arrested Monday on the same charge — one count each of robbery with bodily injury — for an incident Sept.