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College Spotlight

College Spotlight. Texas Christian University. Mascot: The horned frogs. His name is SuperFrog !. Why the horned frog?. Some say that Horned Frogs was chosen because the football practice field was overrun with the small, spiny lizards. 

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College Spotlight

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  1. College Spotlight Texas Christian University

  2. Mascot: The horned frogs His name is SuperFrog!

  3. Why the horned frog? • Some say that Horned Frogs was chosen because the football practice field was overrun with the small, spiny lizards.  • Their primary diet is 80-to-100 red harvester ants per day. • The typical Horned Frog is three-to-five inches long. • When angered or frightened, Horned Frogs can squirt a fine, four-foot-stream of blood from their eyes. • The Horned Frog was named the State Reptile of Texas in 1992.

  4. Colors Purple and White! Purple represents royalty White represents a clean game.

  5. Location: Humble/Kingwoodto Ft. Worth: 253 miles 4hours

  6. Amon G. Carter Stadium TCU’s Amon G. Carter Stadium recently hosted its first game following a $164 million renovation!

  7. Hand Signal (Make a peace sign; fold those two fingers and you have it!). • Edgar Crespo, Olympic swimmer from TCU, shows us his horned frog hand signal!

  8. Academics

  9. Horned Frog Statue Every student needs a little help sometimes so when a big test is coming up, they walk straight to the center of campus to rub the nose of the Horned Frog sculpture for luck.

  10. Tree Lighting Tradition • Christmas music, hot chocolate, photos with Santa and his reindeer and the lighting of the decorated 40-foot tree. • Click here to watch a video

  11. Riff Ram Bah Zoo! That’s the yell for TCU!

  12. TCU football won the Rose Bowl in 2011

  13. TCU connections in Olney • Michelle Montgomery’s daughters graduated from TCU! They are big horned frog fans!

  14. Sources • Collegeprowler.com • gofrogs.tcustory.com • Animascots.blogspot.com • Killerfrogs.com • Townmapusa.com • Tcu.edu

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