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Old School vs. New Money: Inside TCU and Texas Tech's Roster Battle
Is there a right way to build a college football roster in 2025? Sonny Dykes, Joey McGuire are taking completely different approaches at TCU, Texas Tech heading into Year 4.

The adage that there is more than one way to skin a cat never applied to roster building in college football.
For 100 years, the formula was simple: Recruit high school players and develop them for a couple of years behind the scenes before unleashing them as upperclassmen. That meant Year 4 for a coach was a pivotal season because the roster was finally his.
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