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TCU names ex transfer Downing starting QB vs Iowa State

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September 23rd, 2020 by admin

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Former transfer Matthew Downing has been named the starting quarterback for TCU’s season opener against Iowa State. Coach Gary Patterson announced the decision Tuesday. Last year’s starter Max Duggan is also clear to play. Duggan started TCU’s final 10 games as a freshman. But he was sidelined much of training camp this summer after a previously undetected lifelong heart condition was revealed during enhanced testing protocols because of COVID-19. TCU didn’t play its scheduled opener Sept. 11 against SMU after the Horned Frogs had a cluster of Frogs players and team support staff that tested positive for the novel coronavirus.