After falling to the No. 9 University of Texas Longhorns in its Friday opener, the soccer team was able to pull to .500 on the young season after downing Utah State Aggies on Sunday. During the 3-1 loss...

In the hours following quite possibly the ugliest 27-point shutout win one might ever see, I sent out text messages to some high school friends of mine who go to the University of Texas. The message was sent out at 11:13 p.m. and read "See you in a week." At 11:14 p.m., I got replies from two of my friends with the same response: "Prepare 2 die."

Oh, no you didn't.

My response? "TCU is not Arkansas State."

Two men arrested after an attempted kidnapping of a female student early Saturday morning may have been involved in two other kidnapping attempts in the area, a police spokesman said Tuesday.The connections between the attempted kidnapping of the 21-year-old student and the two other attempted kidnappings during the last week are still under investigation, said Lt. Paul Henderson, Fort Worth Police spokesman.

Growing up, music has helped to define feelings, emotions and memorable moments in my life. Whether it was belting out Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" during a night out at Pete's Piano Bar or bumping and grinding at a nightclub with a random female to The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize," music has undoubtedly shaped our outlook on how we look at life.

For me, Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" changed the way I felt about TCU football this season.

The football team will not be the only squad to make the trip down I-35 in the next week. The soccer team will open its season against the No. 9 University of Texas Longhorns in Austin, today.On Sunday afternoon, the team will return to Fort Worth for its home opener against the Utah State Aggies at Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium.

Senior forward Lesley Parkinson said the team is not intimidated by facing UT.

It is the deepest, most experienced unit for this year's No. 22 Horned Frogs football team and the unit head coach Gary Patterson trusts more than any other on the team.The linebackers for this year's team have established themselves as forces to be reckoned with in college football.

The member of the unit who was perhaps most honored and recognized in the off-season was junior Jason Phillips.

An Interfraternity Council tradition spanning more than 50 years continued Wednesday night as 282 men crossed over the TCU seal in Sadler Hall. After going through three rounds of IFC Men's Recruitment, 318 men gathered in the Brown-Lupton Student Center Ballroom at 6 p.m. to receive their bid cards.

Josh Schutts, coordinator of fraternity and sorority life and IFC adviser, said recruitment started last Saturday with an information session. The first round started with 336 men visiting all the IFC houses.

As a true freshman, Aaron Brown rushed for 163 yards on 17 carries in a nationally televised game against the University of Utah Utes, officially bursting into the Horned Frog scene.Two years later, Brown, now a junior, will begin his second year as TCU's featured running back, and is no longer in need of an introduction.

Last season, Brown led the team in rushing with 801 yards and finished first in the Mountain West Conference with nine rushing touchdowns. He also averaged an impressive 5.2 yards per carry.

Losing a starting quarterback is bad. Losing a starting quarterback who helped lead a team to a 19-2 record during his tenure as a starter is worse.Head coach Gary Patterson saw this situation develop with the graduation of Jeff Ballard.

After an open competition that spanned from spring practices up until a couple of weeks ago, Patterson named redshirt freshman Andy Dalton as the starter for Saturday's season opener against Baylor University. The thought of Dalton not having taken a snap at the college level isn't forcing Patterson to lose sleep, he said.