sentences:  In 1999, he co-founded the group Doubting Thomas with Jenks High School buddies Ab Colby and Rockwell Ryan Ripperger.While a student at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, McCloud and Ripperger later morphed into the successful indie group Stephen Speaks.The band's album "No More Doubt" did well, spreading through college campuses and the newly formed Internet sharing service, Napster.