2023 TCU-Georgia National Championship Game: TCU Pep Rally Photos

Photos by Tom C. "Midnite" Burke

Thousands of TCU fans turned Santa Monica, California, purple in the days leading up to the TCU-Georgia College Football National Championship Game, and especially on Sunday, January 8, when Horned Frogs Nation celebrated at a pep rally. Santa Monica Santa is a coastal city west of downtown Los Angeles. Santa Monica Beach is fringed by Palisades Park, with views over the Pacific Ocean. Santa Monica Pier is home to the Pacific Park amusement park, historic Looff Hippodrome Carousel and Santa Monica Pier Aquarium. Next to the pier is Muscle Beach, an outdoor gym established in the 1930s. In the city center, Bergamot Station houses several art galleries. Santa Monica’s 2020 U.S. Census population was 93,076. TCU's pep rally featured Santa Monica Mayor Sue Himmelrich, Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker, TCU Chancellor Victor Boschini, TCU Athletics Director Jeremiah Donati, former TCU baseball star Bryan Holaday, former TCU football star and Super Bowl champion Marshall Newhouse, and numerous other former and current TCU athletes.

TCU Chancellor Victor Boschini (top photo) and TCU Athletics Director Jeremiah Donati (bottom Photo) addressed Horned Frogs fans at the TCU pep rally in Santa Monica.

TCU fans Tim Laska, Barba Laska (center) and Lori Albiani.

After the pep rally, TCU alums, fans and friends from Texas, Arizona and California gathered for dinner at a restaurant in Santa Monica, including, (from left to right around the table): Tom Burke, Mary Burke, Denny Williams, Annette Lovoi, Jim Marston, Tim Laska, Barba Laska, Linda Russell, Mike Russell, Gail Smith and Eddie Coble.