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Earned Perspective | What a Football Season Does to a Body ​ Former TCU linebacker Jason Phillips explains what football quietly takes from players and invites fans to track how the Horned Frogs change between September and November. Downloadable scorecard included. Jason Phillips Editor’s Note: This is more than a column. Jason Phillips wants you to keep score with him as TCU’s season unfolds. At the end of the story, you’ll find three predictions to make now, a downloadable season scorecard and a link to the KillerFrogs Forum , where you can record what you notice and compare answers with Jason throughout the season. Everybody feels like a football player on the first day of camp. You are strong. Your legs are fresh. Your shoulders feel good. The training room is relatively quiet. The tape rolls are full, and most of the ice is still sitting where the trainers put it. Give it a week. An ankle that did not need tape on Day 1 needs it now. Somebody has a thigh bruise that will still be there two weeks from now. Shoulders start getting sore. Backs tighten up. Fingers get jammed. Nobody is necessarily injured. They just are not completely healthy anymore. Read the rest at https://www.si.com/college/tcu/foot...football-season-does-to-a-body?utm_source=RSS