Several seniors from the 2008 TCU football team left their marks and will be known as the class with the most wins in the programs storied history. Of those players, names such as Aaron Brown, Jason Phillips, Robert Henson and Stephen Hodge will go down as big losses for the Frogs going into next season.

However, another big time player whose presence will be missed is center Blake Schlueter. A three year starter and quarterback on the Frogs offensive line, Schlueter will be remembered as the tough man in the middle and leader of the line that helped the Frogs to one of their top offensive seasons in years where they broke school records for most points scored and touchdowns. Schlueter also anchored the line that helped the Frogs average 220 rushing yards per game, ranking them 12th in the nation.

A native from tiny Ganado, Texas, Schlueter was an All-Mountain West Conference selection three consecutive years and was named the state's top center in Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Schlueter started 38 games as a Frog while also seeing action in 12 games as a redshirt freshman in 2005. In his junior and senior seasons, Schlueter was also nominated for the Rimington Trophy which honors the nation's top center.

Blake is in El Paso this week in preparation of the Texas vs.the Nation All-Star game but took the time to visit with Purplemenace.com to give his thoughts on his career at TCU, his week in El Paso and what his schedule will be leading up to draft day.

"It was definitely different athletically on the football field. I definitely wasn't use to seeing the type of talent that we had at TCU or in college football. We were a very small 2A, borderline 1A and very rarely do you see that type of athlete typically from that class. Going out there my freshman year for two-a-days it was a big adjustment, I had to instantly step my game up to a totally different level."

"Coach Williamson was my position coach and recruiter and he came out my sophomore year and I met him and just those three years in high school he kept up with me. After my visit up there I just really liked the area and I liked the campus. I also liked the small student body, the student to teacher ratio was real low and I liked that. And I really liked the coaches, they seemed like they really cared about you and all the players seemed they stuck together well like a tight knit family and I really liked that."

"Yes, they flew by. We were just talking about that after the last bowl game we played in. We just can't believe that five years ago as freshmen we were just trying to hang around and not mess up too bad and make anybody upset. Then all of a sudden we're grown men and graduated and done playing college football."

"It was awesome, anytime you get awards like that it's definitely great. I think it also goes for our team, obviously I couldn't of played as well as I did if I didn't have the players around me. If we didn't have the offense working like it was or the team play as well as it did, I wouldn't have looked as good as I did. Also, it definitely says a lot about our coaching, just how they get us prepared and put us in the position to make plays. It was definitely a great honor, something I'll always think of."

"That was definitely one of the things I'm the most proud of all the things we accomplished at TCU. There's a great history here, there's two national championship teams, they've had some great teams throughout the years. For me to be able to say that we won more games as a class than any other class that went through there, it just blows my mind. It's amazing and awesome that we're able to say that."

"I think we had a great season, we came up a little shorter than we wanted to with the losses to Oklahoma and Utah. But overall we were still able to accomplish a lot of our preseason goals and we played well as a team. I think we fought tough the whole season and finished up well in the top ten rankings. For us having two losses and still being ranked that high says a lot about where TCU is and where we're headed as a program. When we came in as freshmen, there's no way we would've been ranked that high with two losses and it shows we're getting a little more respect around the nation and that's something that we want."

"Yeah definitely. It was a great game, we were happy to have such a great opponent. And obviously it was a huge win for us. At the same time you walk off the field and you know you'll never get to put on a TCU uniform again. No matter what you do you'll never be able to go out on that field and play with the same people you were with for the last four and a half years. It was definitely bittersweet, it was a great win and a great way to cap the season but it kind of hits you that you're done."

"I think the friendships and camaraderie we built as players. And even with the coaches, we were a real close knit family, we consider ourselves brothers on that team. The coaches were definitely there for us, we're close to them on and off the field. I feel like 10 or 15 years down the road I know I'll still be in touch with some of the players. I feel like if I do need something down the road I can call somebody up and we'll still have the bond to where we help each other out."

"He's an awesome coach. As far as X's and O's are concerned I don't think I've ever talked to anybody that knows more than he does. He's an excellent motivator, he'll always get you to work as hard as you can, he's going to get the best out of you and get you to push yourself further than you ever thought you could. He's always going to have you prepared, when game day rolls around there's not going to be a thing that you don't know what the other team is going to do."

"Jake Kirkpatrick I think will be a good center. He's been playing under me for the last three years. I taught him everything I know, I tried to. He's a great athlete and smart, I think he'll be able to step up in that role. Kyle Dooley at guard really was starter for part of the season until he got injured. I think he's going to be great, he's only a freshman. There's a lot of those underclassmen I think are going to be really good once they get a little seasoning under them, the spring and fall camp. Josh Vernon played a lot, he's a younger player, there's a lot of those freshman and redshirt freshman that will step up big I think."

"It's going pretty well, it's slowing down now. We had a walk through today. The first few days we went after it, we were in full pads and we were going all out. Everybody was trying to make a name for themselves and trying to show everybody what they had. That was a little tough, mostly because we hadn't had pads on for a month and everybody was a little rusty. We were pretty sore out there the whole week really. We had a lot of fun, I've got to see a lot of people that I've already known, there's a few players from the Mountain West here that I met at media day. I've met a lot of interesting players and built some pretty good relationships throughout the week and had a good time."

"That's been crazy, most of them left yesterday afternoon. Sunday night through Tuesday, it was like a circus. We joked around because it was like a speed dating thing where all the players would sit out there with your name tag on and scouts if they wanted to talk to you they'd take you off to the side and sit you down and do a little interview. Then they would just throw you back in the pile. It was cool, I got to talk to a lot of different teams and I got some feedback from them on what they thought of me as a player. I got to talk them about everything, they ask anything from your family history to how you feel on the field. It was definitely a cool experience."

"I'm still working out, I decided to stay in Ft. Worth. Jason(Phillips) and I and a few other players decided to stay with Coach Sommer. He does a fantastic job, since about January 4th we've been working out. I took this week off to do this game and I'm going to get right back to it on Monday. I fly back after the game and have Sunday off then Monday morning we get back to lifting weights, running and getting ready for pro day which is in early March."