WATCH: TCU trolls Michigan, Jim Harbaugh with hallmark deep-fried meme video after Fiesta Bowl win
College football was giving a meme renaissance in the form of TCU and the Horned Frogs postgame Twitter videos. The Fiesta Bowl edition for the TCU win over Michigan in the College Football Playoff semifinals did not disappoint, taking aim at the maize and blue and head coach Jim Harbaugh.
Harbaugh’s propensity for drinking milk (whole is his preferred variety) was on the chopping block. As was the the Pantone of the maize Michigan wears, which most would call yellow. It also makes the point that plenty of people call maize by a more common name: Corn.
Behold “gotmilk.mp4,” courtesy of the beautiful minds at the TCU video department.
There was also, of course, plenty of frog hype and joy depicted in the video, plus plenty of familiar memes. And for those wondering about what “deep fried” means in regard to memes, the TCU postgame videos are a prime example — intentionally over-edited images with often unrelated text, and the like.
Plus there was plenty of love for the Hypnotoad, a creature that was featured in the TV series Futurama that the Horned Frogs have adopted as a bit of a totem for their marauding, storybook season.
All glory to the Horned Frogs.
Max Duggan said TCU ‘wanted to be the tougher team’ in Fiesta Bowl win over Michigan
TCU pulled off an upset in the Fiesta Bowl, toppling Michigan and winning a College Football Playoff semifinal to advance to the National Championship Game. And after hearing all about Michigan being a physical, grinding team, TCU quarterback Max Duggan said the Horned Frogs made it a point of pride to be the tougher outfit.
And despite the 51-45 final score and the up-and-down nature of the game, there was not lack of hitting, blocks being finished or contact downfield in coverage.
“I think our boys kinda took it to the chin,” Duggan said to ESPN sideline reporter Molly McGrath, “especially our defense, guys up front, receivers, running backs. Doing their thing. Because we wanted to be the tougher team. That’s what we kind of take our chest and our pride to be, is tough and gritty and continuing to fight and I think that’s we showed today.”
Despite TCU never trailing in the game, there were moments when it felt like Michigan was poised to take a lead and begin to lean on the Horned Frogs. Michigan brought the margin to three points in the second half and TCU didn’t flinch.
And when things were going right — big plays to wideout Quentin Johnston and a pair of pick sixes on defense — the Horned Frogs didn’t get too high.
“Yeah, momentum’s huge — especially in college football,” Duggan said. “Whoever has it is probably going to be pretty successful. And I think our guys did a great job of staying neutral. Not getting too high, not getting too low. Just continuing to fight. Continuing to stay grounded. And I think you saw our guys fighting until the very end.”
But even in the euphoria of pulling off the upset, winning a College Football Playoff semifinal against Michigan, the TCU quarterback had his eyes on the bigger prize.
After not winning the Big 12 Championship game, Duggan was out to get TCU a championship.
“This — it’s so exciting. We’re going to celebrate this one but, we got a bigger one coming up and that’s the one that we want,” Duggan said. “So that’s the one we’re looking forward too.”