TCU holds National Championship send-off for football team

Fans give TCU football team a big send-off to national championship game

The Horned Frogs are about to depart North Texas for Southern California as they get ready for the national championship game. FOX 4's Shannon Murray is live where the team is getting a huge send-off.

FORT WORTH, Texas - The TCU Horned Frogs held a special send-off Friday morning as its football team headed off to prepare for the national championship game.

Team buses left from Frog Alley around 9:30 a.m. to head to Los Angeles.

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The buses went down W. Cantey Street, before turning onto S. University Drive and heading towards the airport.

TCU will play the Georgia Bulldogs at SoFi Stadium on Monday.

The Horned Frogs are 13.5 point underdogs to the defending national champs.

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But the Frogs said they are ready to finish this season on a high note.

Hypnotoad takes its place among TCU traditions

Texas Christian University fans sound off before a big national championship game. They are not only fierce on the field, but some of TCU's traditions are worthy of cheers as well like the Frog Horn and the Hypnotoad.

"You wanna win that last game of the year. That’s our goal right now and that’s something that we want and I think we’d be pretty disappointed if we weren’t able to. That’s our goal right now. And that’s what we’re planning on doing," said TCU quarterback Max Duggan.

TCU has not won a National Championship since 1938 when legendary Horned Frog Davey O’Brien was the quarterback.