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Inside Wes and Willie Fritz’s Next Level Houston Roster Building — How a Young Son’s Never-Ending Questions Grew Into a Rising College Football Power
Summary by The Houston Editorial Desk Chris Baldwin , as published by Paper City
· October 23, 2026
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Wes Fritz always found football rosters and how teams are put together fascinating. As a kid, he knew every player on his dad’s teams and he’d want to know why Willie Fritz picked each one of them. “It would just be him coming home from work and me just bugging the ever living hell out … Continue...
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Key points As a kid, he knew every player on his dad’s teams and he’d want to know why Willie Fritz picked each one of them. Wes Fritz always found football rosters and how teams are put together fascinating. More Local Today’s briefing Local events
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What is this story about? Wes Fritz always found football rosters and how teams are put together fascinating. As a kid, he knew every player on his dad’s teams and he’d want to know why Willie Fritz picked each one of them. “It would just be him coming home from work and me just bugging the ever living hell out … Continue...
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