TCU football's start to the 2026 season hasn't gone quite to plan.

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First, it was safety Jacob Fields being kicked off the team for allegedly assaulting his teammate in the locker room during fall camp. The program then revoked credentials from a Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter for reporting on the situation just a few days before the Horned Frogs' disappointing showing in a 15-10 loss to North Carolina on Saturday, Aug. 29 in Dublin.

TCU was also quite undisciplined on the field, committing 11 penalties for 89 yards in the loss. The Tar Heels sealed their win on an offsides penalty by the Horned Frogs on fourth-and-1, encapsulating the full-of-mistake game for TCU.

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Frustrations are clearly mounting for TCU and coach Sonny Dykes, too. Dykes even called out ACC officiating after the game.

"Not having ACC officials, for one," Dykes said when asked how TCU plans to fix the penalty issues. "And then I think we have to do a better job of being more disciplined. We've got to be more disciplined, we've got to be more — just gotta do a better job."

New starting quarterback Jaden Craig also struggled in his first start since transferring from Harvard, completing 20-of-32 passes for 178 yards in the game. TCU gained 281 total yards, was stopped on multiple fourth-down tries and overall looked sloppy under first-year offensive coordinator Gordon Sammons, who was hired away from UConn in the offseason.

The loss broke a streak of 10 consecutive season openers in which TCU scored at least 30 points, having scored 48 points in its romp of the Tar Heels last year. The Horned Frogs didn't score after the first quarer, either.

TCU didn't bring its A-game to Dublin, Ireland. And while North Carolina may be improved from its form in 2025 under first-year coach Bill Belichick, the Horned Frogs showed Aug. 29 they have some work to do moving forward.

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Legendary football coach Charley North died Aug. 25. He was 82.

A longtime coach at the collegiate and high school level, North was best known for his work on Barry Switzer’s staff at OU. He also coached at Arkansas, Alabama, Texas A&M and TCU.

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He also coached at Wagoner — his alma mater — along with Tecumseh and Dibble. He finished his coaching career volunteering as an assistant at Norman High School, where he coached his grandson. 

North spent more than four decades coaching football. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2013.

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North was an all-state football and baseball selection at Wagoner High school.

After playing football at Panhandle State, North returned to Wagoner in 1967 to begin his coaching career. His first head coach job was at Tecumseh in 1972 and then McAlester in 1976. He joined OU in 1979, working under Switzer and Gary Gibbs. 

He bookended his coaching career taking over Dibble High School and then coaching his grandson.

Funeral services have been set for 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4, at the NPS Center for Arts and Learning in Norman.

Jacob Unruh is the deputy sports editor for The Oklahoman. Have a story idea for Jacob? He can be reached at [email protected] or on X/Twitter at @jacobunruh. Support Jacob's work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a digital subscription today at subscribe.oklahoman.com.

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