FORT WORTH -- Gary Patterson did his best to defend himself Sunday from a lawsuit without actually addressing specifics.
Yes, there's a fine and difficult line to walk, although Patterson tried in his first public comments more than a month after former TCU receiver Kolby Listenbee filed suit against Patterson, TCU, the Big 12, former TCU athletic director Chris Del Conte (now at Texas), a group of former and current assistants, physicians and trainers. Listenbee alleged TCU coaches pressured him to return from a groin injury in 2015, leading to further damage and a shortening of his NFL careers.