The official 2019 TCU Football countdown thread

[Boston Frog 5,668]

 

 

 

Geoff Hurst, England and West Ham, 1966 World Cup No. 10 

 

 

[Lyle Lanley II 1,961]

Our current 10s:

 

Mike Collins

 

Deshawn McCuin

 

A few memorable 10s:

 

Dez White

 

Rafael Priest

 

Steve Stamp

 

Prince Fowler

 

Hank Thorns

 

Vladdy

 

November 6, 2010: #4 TCU 47, #6 Utah 7.

 

...and a few bonus 10s:

 

Michael Young

 

Jim Sundberg

 

Brenden Morrow

 

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[DirtyThirdFrog 2,040]

Best pic I could find of his #10 shown. My Grandpa, Eddie Kasko, stealing 2nd against the Giants. May 30th 1961.

 

 

Found a better one:

[Senor Ballistico 831]

 

[Feeling Froggy 2,868]

Double dipping, but I have to. I think that this is the best of all of the rock bands to break from Seattle in the 1990s. I only rate Facelift higher in their discography; this is tied at second with every other studio release of theirs up to, and including, 1995. From September 29th, 2009...

And those laser record players won't work with this clear 2xLP release...

 

Warren Haynes is always awesome, but add some Billy Gibbons on A1, and record it at Willie Nelson's place? (And amazingly, that isn't even the best track, in my opinion.) Have mercy! From October 27th, 2009...

And...

 

Stoner rock. Fuzzy awesomeness. This was originally four demo tracks from 2005, but they broke up. Then someone started pushing several remastered versions of those tracks. This CD from 2009 is the best, in my opinion (and I usually hate remasters.)...

 

I know, I know. But I happen to like REK (as well as Lyle Lovett). There are some REK sung tracks on here, but the best parts are the covers by "Red Dirt" artists. Jason Boland and Cody Canada did 'Shades of Grey' better than REK ever did. (And this CD is far less likely to get me banned than the cover art from my favorite 2009 death metal album.)...

 

This is a make up for not doing a 1998 release on #98. German power/symphonic metal giants, in an acoustic release.

 

I have no new labels for 1909. Here is a random release from February 1909...

[Duquesne Frog 4,082]

Only one #9 in professional Frog history and it is the frequent contributor to the countdown, part of Frog nobility himself, Lambert Daniel "Little Dutch" Meyer, in his next to last appearance.  Thus far I have only found one picture of Meyer that even offers a glimpse of an obscured number, so I'll go a little different route today as I found a picture of Meyer's name in a vintage scorecard from game 1 of a July 19, 1941 doubleheader between the Tigers and Yankees where he either pinch hit or subbed in defensively (the lazy scorekeeper only wrote down what happened if the batter got on base, so you can't tell) for Hall of Famer Charlie Gehringer.

 

[Lyle Lanley II 1,961]

Our current 9s:

 

Te'vaillance Hunt

 

Atanza Vongor

 

A few memorable 9s:

 

Josh Doctson

 

Mat Boesen

 

Alex Ibiloye

 

Nick Browne

 

 

Evan Skoug

 

November 14, 2009: #4 TCU 55, #16 Utah 28 in the loudest game ever at Amon G.

 

....and a few bonus 9s:

 

Tones Romes

 

Mike Modano

 

Hank Blalock

 

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[PurpleDawg 7,659]

8 hours ago, Lyle Lanley II said:

Mat Boesen

This is a fantastic picture! 

[Feeling Froggy 2,868]

I call this a very good hard rock album. I have a hard time calling it a Guns N' Roses album, though. Released on November 23rd, 2008...

And...

 

Swedish power metal giants. Concept album based on Sun Tzu's The Art of War, and how it applied to World War I and II. Each track covers one chapter of the treatise with a historical example. From May 30th, 2008...

And...

 

Their best album of this century, in my view. From June 17th, 2008...

And...

 

Dallas based band. Psychobilly? Country Rock? Cowpunk? Gothabilly? Whatever genre you try to stuff them into is irrelevant. They just work. Released in 2008 on CD...

And later (2016) reissued on vinyl...

 

Solid blues, released on CD...

 

Fantastic rock and roll/rockabilly and psychobilly CD. This is one release I would love to have issued on vinyl. From Belgium...

 

In 1908, the U.S. Everlasting Records label was formed. They released over 1000 titles on celluloid (hence the indestructible claim) cylinders between 1908 and 1912. Their cylinders were offered in 2 minute and 4 minute versions. They specialized in pop music and classical works. They also distributed to Montgomery Wards under the Lakeside label. From 1908,  'I've Got Your Number' by Ada Jones, catalog #385...

And a Lakeside canister, year and contents unknown...

[Duquesne Frog 4,082]

Taylor Featherston, 2015 Angels

 

Bryan Holaday, throwing a knuckleball during his one and a third scoreless innings on the mound back in 2016 for the Rangers

[Boston Frog 5,668]

[Boston Frog 5,668]

[Boston Frog 5,668]

 

 

 

[Lyle Lanley II 1,961]

A few memorable 8s:

 

Davey O'Brien

 

Sam Demel

 

Kyle Winkler

 

Austen Wade

 

October 16, 2008: unranked TCU 32, #8 BYU 7

 

...and a few bonus 8s:

 

Troy

 

The first episode of Breaking Bad aired January 20, 2008

 

The series finale of The Wire aired March 9, 2008

 

Yim Yames and the boys dropped what is, to date, their third best album on June 10, 2008

 

 

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[Senor Ballistico 831]

[Duquesne Frog 4,082]

[Feeling Froggy 2,868]

Double dipping. I think this is the better of the two solo albums. And the other was still great. There's a little more electric guitar here than on Say Goodnight to the World, but none of it is close to being hard. CD release from 2007...

And a later (2009) reissue on vinyl...

 

I hated Mötley Crüe in the 1980s, and I still do today, but I liked this album. Released originally on August 21st, 2007...

And later (2017) reissue on vinyl...

 

Under appreciated album in their discography, in my opinion. May not have the big hits of Bloody Kisses, October Rust, or World Coming Down, but solid Type O from start to finish. March 23rd, 2007...

And...

 

I am going to flip the script here. This was originally released only on vinyl (with a book) in 1976...

But it went digital in 2007...

 

In 1907, Aretino Records was established. They sold pressings of leased masters, on a premium priced record with an abnormally large (3 inch diameter) spindle hole. They also sold cheap players and expensive spindle adapters to play these records. They lasted until 1914. An Aretino Record...

[Duquesne Frog 4,082]

You know it is a week to go in the countdown when the football players start to get scarce and Jim Busby starts to appear almost every day.  Guy wore a lot of numbers for a lot of teams over 13 seasons.

 

#7 for the 1953-54 Senators ...

 

... and the 1959-60 Red Sox

[Lyle Lanley II 1,961]

Our current 7s:

 

John Stephens Jr.

 

Trevon Moehrig

 

A few memorable 7s:

 

Brandon Hassell

 

Kenny Hill

 

Greg McCoy

 

Kolby Listenbee

 

Stanley Washington

 

Josh Watson

 

Boykin threw for a school-record 7 TD passes in TCU's 82-27 win over Tech in 2014

 

...and a few bonus 7s:

 

Pudge

 

Super Sub Steve Beuerlein

 

DeSagana Diop

 

Wilco dropped the criminally-underrated "Sky Blue Sky" on May 15, 2007

 

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[Feeling Froggy 2,868]

Yeah, more double dipping. Contains what I would consider the best country prison song since 'Folsom Prison Blues'. Released on CD on February 28th, 2006...

And a later (2009) vinyl release...

 

The best Black Keys record was a cover album, in my opinion. But I am also a bigger Junior Kimbrough fan, so I am probably biased here. From May 2nd, 2006...

And...

 

Southern/stoner rock. Very solid original songs. Decent enough - but not spectacular - Jimi Hendrix, CCR, and Acid Bath covers included. From Albany, New York...

 

Dallas punk. This is a 2006 CD reissue of a somewhat rare (only 1000 - 200 clear/black and 800 standard black pressings) 1992 posthumous album. The Reverend Horton Heat covered 'Nurture My Pig' and paid tribute to them in the song 'Loco Gringos Like a Party'.

I don't have a picture of the album, but did find an earlier picture (likely about 1985, and likely in a parade to save KNON) of the hearse (before it got the tequila bottles fin)...

 

This works for all of the chapters. New Age/vocal/electronic/chanting covers of rock and metal songs. Green Day's 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' is the highlight of this particular release for me. From March 31st, 2006...

 

 

In 1906, Sears formed the Oxford record label. They had no involvement in the recording process. This label would replace their earlier, retired Harvard label. The cylinders were produced by Columbia and Albany Indestructible Cylinder. The 78s were produced by Columbia, Zon-O-Phone and Leeds & Catlin. The records were single sided discs. The series would last until 1916 when Sears brought out their Silvertone label. A 10" from 1906...

A cylinder ad from the catalog...

An actual cylinder and canister...

[Duquesne Frog 4,082]

There have been no pro Frogs who wore the number 6.  So in lieu of that ....

 

[Lyle Lanley II 1,961]

Our current 6s:

 

Darius Anderson

 

Innis "Thump" Gaines

 

A few memorable 6s:

 

Bart Johnson

 

Brian Bonner

 

Elisha Olabode

 

Bram Kohlhausen

 

Sean Stilley

 

Andre Davis

 

Andrew Cashner

 

Kyle Bacak with one of the most clutch bunts in TCU history

 

September 16, 2006: TCU beats Tech and the game is darn-near sealed by the Great White Hit when Marvin White laid out a poor Tech WR who's soul darn-near left his body right there on the MWC logo.

 

...and a few bonus 6s:

 

Tyson Chandler

 

Tom Grieve in his playing days

 

The season 4 finale of The Wire aired December 10, 2006

 

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[Feeling Froggy 2,868]

April 12th, 2005...

And a later (2015) vinyl...

 

March 8th, 2005...

And a later (2016) vinyl release...

 

August 30th, 2005...

 

And a later (2019) vinyl release...

 

April 12th, 2005...

 

June 21st, 2005...

And...

 

I don't have a new label for 1905, so here is a single sided 78 from February 1905 by Columbia...

[Senor Ballistico 831]

[Duquesne Frog 4,082]

Stan Talley, 1987 Raiders

 

Jim Busby, 1955 White Sox

 

Jeff Newman, 1976-82 A's ...

 

... and 1983-84 Red Sox