Michigan Football Opponent Q and A: Interview with TCU Expert
By Josh LaFond
In this week’s edition of our opponent Q&A, we sat down with Jamie Plunkett of Frogs Today to discuss the Fiesta Bowl semifinal matchup.
Hello, friends and welcome back to our weekly opponent Q&A. Despite a long layoff we are back in the saddle again and ready to talk Michigan football from the enemy’s vantage point.
This week I had the privilege to sit down with TCU Horned Frogs expert, Jamie Plunkett. Jamie is a part of the team at FrogsToday.com, covering all things TCU athletics.
We discuss his thoughts on the game against Michigan, his thoughts on preseason expectations for the Horned Frogs, and even some fun facts about the university itself that most folks outside of Fort Worth, TX don’t know about!
Join me as we break down the Fiesta Bowl semifinal in this week’s opponent Q&A.
What’s a fun fact or cool tradition about TCU that most outsiders might
not know about?
Jamie Plunkett: Two fun facts about TCU for you. First, TCU’s campus was actually in Waco in 1895, right across the street from main rival, Baylor. In 1910 TCU’s main building mysteriously caught on fire and burned to the ground, forcing the school to find a new location.
While no one was ever arrested, TCU fans lean into the conspiracy theory that someone from Baylor was the culprit.
The founders were originally from Fort Worth, and they moved back to the city (bringing about 367 students with them), settling where TCU’s campus now sits. TCU and Baylor’s rivalry has continued to thrive ever since.
Second, legend has it that TCU is the Horned Frogs because, way back in 1897, their football field was infested with horned toads, and so they adopted the animal as their mascot.