LOS ANGELES — You can’t talk about TCU football’s incredible 2022-23 season and road to the College Football Playoff national championship game without mentioning the team’s unofficial mascot, the quirky and psychedelic amphibian, the hypnotoad.
While the concept of the hypnotoad originated with the animated show Futurama, as The New York Times reported in a recent profile, it’s not new to TCU football. But throughout this season, it’s taken off and has become a memed phenomenon for the Horned Frogs and their fan base. And the powers of the trippy toad, the players say, have helped propel them to Monday’s national title game against Georgia at SoFi Stadium.
