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TechAlum05
In case you haven't heard, LA Tech is playing TCU in the 2011 Poinsettia Bowl. LA Tech and TCU have never played each other in football, so not many people on the board know much about Texas Christian University. Here are the Top 10 little-known facts about TCU:
10. With the move to the Big XII in 2012, TCU will go through as many college athletic conferences as Elizabeth Taylor went through husbands.
9. The Horned Frog was rated the 3rd-least intimidating college football nickname in 2010 just ahead of the ULM Warhawks and the Syracuse Orange.
8. The Horned Frog was named the Texas State Reptile in 1992 replacing the state’s previous official reptile, J.R. Ewing.
7. The first test that prospective TCU students must pass before being considered for admission is to properly spell the university’s initials. 59% of those who pass this test are admitted into TCU. 90% of those who fail this test are admitted into the University of Texas.
6. TCU football tried to use the Southwest Conference model for college football success in the 1980s—paying recruits cash under the table to play for their university. They still couldn’t buy a conference title or a bowl victory.
5. TCU is the 7th most popular topic on Dallas-Ft. Worth sports radio between the Dallas Stars and SMU Soccer.
4. TCU’s most famous alumni are fictional characters like Reverend Lovejoy from The Simpsons, The Professor from Gilligan’s Island, and Rod Roddy.
3. TCU is currently tied for first place with Boise State for “Biggest Chip on their Shoulder”.
2. Their mascot, the horned frog, is about 3 to 5 inches long, or about twice the length as the average TCU male student’s dangling participle.
And, the #1 little-known fact about TCU...
1. TCU is expanding Amon G. Carter Stadium not to fit more people inside the stadium, but to accommodate the ever-expanding egos of the TCU fanbase.
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