TCU reveals team captains for 2023 season

The TCU Horned Frogs are ready to get their 2023 season underway and have recently revealed their team captains for the upcoming year.

Last year, TCU shocked the college football world by going undefeated in the regular season and ultimately clinching one of four spots in the College Football Playoff. But they weren’t finished with the surprises. In a matchup of No. 2 versus No. 3, TCU upset the undefeated No. 2 Big Ten champs Michigan in their semifinal matchup.

While some believe that TCU will regress to the middle of the pack in the Big 12 this season, head coach Sonny Dykes is looking to avoid just that. And in order to do so, he is entrusting six individuals to lead TCU into battle as team captains this season. Those players can be seen in the image below.

The highest honor a player can receive is to be nominated by his teammates to lead.

Congrats to these 6 Horned Frogs on being chosen as this year’s team captains 🐸#GoFrogs | #AllSteakNoSizzle pic.twitter.com/EWEUqo9n5e

— TCU Football (@TCUFootball) August 23, 2023

TCU’s six captains for the 2023 season are as follows: defensive back Josh Newton, tight end Jared Wiley, linebacker Jamoi Hodge, defensive back Bud Clark, offensive tackle Andrew Coker, and offensive tackle Brandon Coleman.

McElroy forecasts championship game loss hangover for TCU

As mentioned above, some individuals are not as high on TCU this season following their impressive run in 2022. And among those is ESPN’s college football expert Greg McElroy.

McElroy was a little down on TCU for this season, as he explained on an episode of ‘Always College Football’ recently. They are clearly still capable and talented but, to him, that only goes so far considering how many times that things managed to work out in their favor in some games last fall.

“I am a little bit down on TCU this year. Not to the point in which I think that they fall all the way back to 6-6. That feels like way too much for me,” said McElroy. “This team still has some talent. They did a great job in the portal, brought some guys in from difference-making programs where you have guys that are probably going to be able to help you immediately. But to be able to create the magic that they had last year? Where the ball always seemingly bounced their way? I think it’s going to be difficult to recreate.”

McElroy went on to admit that he did feel like a championship hangover is coming for the Horned Frogs. The way that they lost to Georgia in Los Angeles on the sport’s biggest stage is something that he doesn’t feel will be easy to recover from.