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PRINT THIS PAGE | E-MAIL THIS PAGE Friday, August 28, 1998 Horned Frogs don't want any part of Nebraska LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Texas Christian has backed out of a three-game series with Nebraska, saying it's not healthy for a struggling program to face a perennial national power. Texas Christian had agreed to play at Lincoln for Nebraska's 2000 season-opener; in the 2001 opener at Fort Worth; and early in the 2002 season at Lincoln. Nebraska athletics director Bill Byrne said Wednesday he agreed to waive a $100,000 forfeit fee on the TCU contract because the Horned Frogs indicated they would play the Huskers sometime later in the next decade. "We're going to honor that contract," said TCU athletics director Eric Hyman. "We have a program that has a lot of room for growth, and right now we want to play teams that allow us to grow." The Horned Frogs went 1-10 last season under former coach Pat Sullivan. Charley North, TCU's director of football operations, said playing Nebraska would do more harm than good. "Three things go into building a program: recruiting players, coaching them and getting a schedule together conducive to what you're trying to get accomplished," North said. "For us to play Nebraska early in the season was not in our best interests." TCU has a new coach in Dennis Franchione and a new AD in Hyman. In six seasons at New Mexico, Franchione took the lowly Lobos to the Insight.com Bowl last year. In the proccess, he dumped games against national powers to play schools like Northern Arizona and Idaho State. "Don't get any ideas that we're afraid of anyone," North said. "We're just trying to do what's in the best interests of this school." Meanwhile, Byrne is once again scrambling to fill schedules. During the 1990s, Nevada-Las Vegas, Temple, Houston, Utah State and Northern Illinois have backed out of contracts to play Nebraska. Byrne said he has had preliminary talks with at least four schools, which he declined to name, that might fill the dates vacated by TCU. Send a Letter to the Editor about This Story | Start or Join A Discussion about This Story Send the URL (Address) of This Story to A Friend: Enter their email address below: texnews.com Reporter OnLine Local Sports Texas Sports Copyright ©1998, Abilene Reporter-News / Texnews / E.W. Scripps Publications Send the URL (Address) of This Story to A Friend: Enter their email address below:

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