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Speed, baby: Gary Patterson's latest signing class is quick, and a reminder of TCU's growing reputation outside Texas

FORT WORTH -- In Sept. 2006, when TCU football was still a member of the Mountain West Conference, a question loomed ahead of the Horned Frogs' home non-conference game with then-future Big 12 foe Texas Tech: How would head coach Gary Patterson stop Mike Leach's potent offense as the No. 24 Red Raiders marched into town?

In the moments after the No. 20 Horned Frogs finished the job against Tech, holding the Red Raiders to a mere 3 points, Patterson had two words to sum it all up -- words that haven't been forgotten in the 12 years and five months since.