Locke 1 Big 12 Media Days College Featured Football 

Lost water bottle shows Herman’s attention to detail

Months earlier Texas head coach Tom Herman called junior safety P.J. Locke’s parents to thank them for how they raised their son. Locke had been making quite the impression on the new staff in the weight room, on the field, in the classroom and everywhere else. But all those impressions evaporated because of a lost water bottle. Locke speculates his water bottle fell out of his bag while he was in the players lounge. The missing bottle was found by the wrong person — Herman — who texted the safety…

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Hill 2 Big 12 Media Days College Featured Football 

TCU wants Hill to return to swaggering self

Swagger. Quarterback Kenny Hill had it when he led Texas A&M to a 52-28 win over South Carolina to open the 2014 season that a conference network. On that night Hill completed 44 of 60 passes for 511 yards and three touchdowns. But he later transferred to TCU, sat out a year, and took over as the starter for the Horned Frogs last season. Though Hill completed the second-most passes in TCU history by hitting 269 of 440 passes for 3,208 yards and 17 touchdowns and led all Big 12…

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