Five years ago, TCU athletics was licking its wounds.
It was 2013 and the Horned Frogs had just completed its second season in the Big 12 Conference.
At the time, it seemed as if all those Internet loud mouths who had been predicting failure for the Frogs in a "big boy" conference, were on to something.
But, just as TCU's administration and coaching staffs envisioned years before while trying to move from the Mountain West, the move only enhanced the programs in the long run.
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