TCU starting quarterback Kenny Hill won’t play at Texas Tech on Saturday, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
TCU traveling to a crucial game at Texas Tech without starting quarterback Kenny Hill
A highly touted first-time starter will replace him in a road game the Frogs need.
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Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson said Thursday that strong safety Niko Small and kicker Jonathan Song also will not make the trip.
Linebacker Travin Howard will travel, Patterson said, but could be a game-time decision.
Patterson has not said why Hill or the other players are unavailable. No injury was apparent for Hill or Howard in the Oklahoma last week, and both spoke with reporters after the game. Typically, TCU does not bring injured players to the interview room.
Replacing the two-year starter, who was previously a sensation at Texas A&M, will be true freshman Shawn Robinson, a former four-star recruit who’s thrown 10 passes and carried the ball 13 times in his debut season.
“[Hill] was a little bit better today. We’ll see where he is on Saturday,” Patterson had said earlier in the week. “But everybody wants to see Shawn Robinson at some point in time.”
It is true that TCU fans have been requesting more Robinson, the program’s QB of the future.
TCU needs this win if it wants to reach the Big 12 Championship.
The Frogs hold a tiebreaker advantage over fellow contenders Oklahoma State and West Virginia, but likely still have to beat Texas Tech and then a struggling Baylor in Fort Worth in order to make it in.
The Red Raiders have some stakes of their own:
TCU entered the week as a touchdown favorite in Lubbock.
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