When considering his achievements, Isaac Newton once said, "If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants." Thousands of TCU students over three decades stood on the shoulders...

Obesity prohibits you from doing a lot of things. According to the Trust for America's Health, adult obesity rates increased in 23 states and did not decrease in a single state during the past year. Most would consider such a condition to be detrimental. However, maybe it can be used in your favor.

A jury in New Jersey convicted Edward Ates of murdering his former son-in-law after rejecting his not-so-convincing defense that he was simply "too fat" to have run up and down a flight of stairs to commit the crime and make a quiet exit.

A Philly cheesesteak cooked up in Texas probably isn't expected to taste like an original cheesesteak from Philadelphia - especially when the owner of the joint is from Florida.

Scott Wilkes opened up Billadelphia's II, located at 2110 West Berry St., eight weeks ago. Billadelphia's II uses the same ingredients and menu as the original Billadelphia's, which is located in Bedford, Wilkes said. Wilkes partnered with Bill Walter as co-owners of the two establishments.

Nike allowed campus bookstore patrons to unlock the vault that housed the new Frog uniform the team will wear Saturday against Utah.

Each patron was given a card with a code that unlocked the vault. Certain codes allowed patrons to win free T-shirts.

The new uniform is a purple top with gray pants and a black helmet. The helmet, pants and gloves all have a scale-like print on them which resembles a horned lizard.

The uniform comes complete with custom purple and black shoes and gloves with a horned frog on the palms.

Frog fans will get the chance to experience College GameDay live this week leading up to the Nov. 14 game against Utah.

According to espn.com, GameDay will bring their set to the campus of TCU for the first time in school history to broadcast their weekly show and spotlight the TCU vs. Utah game. The set will be built in the campus commons, according to gofrogs.com

This will be the third week in a row GameDay will spotlight a Mountain West Conference game. Saturday, GameDay broadcast from Air Force.

SAN DIEGO - The Frogs proved they weren't going to fall into a trap on Saturday as they easily dispatched the San Diego State Aztecs 55-12 at Qualcomm Stadium.

With possibly the biggest game in school history looming next Saturday versus Utah, the Frogs (9-0, 5-0) maintained focus on the task at hand and played strongly on both sides of the ball versus the Aztecs (4-5, 2-3).

Head coach Gary Patterson said that focus paid off in the form of a strong start for the offense and defense.

I enjoyed Thursday's editorial cartoon depicting the professor oblivious to the various distractions occupying his students' attention. I shared that view throughout college, assuming that professors were in their own tunnel-vision world and couldn't see anything in front of them. Though iPhones didn't exist in the '90s, I found various ways to distract myself, including doodling and arguing with my conservative friend in the adjacent seat (sorry, Dr. S. I really did enjoy your class!).