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Patterson signs extension through 2016

Updated: December 2, 2009, 2:58 PM ET
By Richard Durrett | ESPNDallas.com
FORT WORTH, Texas -- On a day when Gary Patterson received a contract extension through 2016, the TCU coach stated that the Horned Frogs can win a national championship despite not being in a BCS conference.

And he believes they can do so without a playoff system.

Patterson, whose contract includes salary increases for his assistants, maintains that he's in favor of the bowl games and not a playoff system.

"Is it easier to win one game for a championship? Or to ...

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