{"id":1791697,"date":"2022-12-31T21:04:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T02:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1791697"},"modified":"2022-12-31T21:04:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T02:04:36","slug":"tcu-wins-the-fiesta-bowl-and-gets-a-trophy-that-weighs-more-than-a-grown-man-worth-2-5-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tcu-wins-the-fiesta-bowl-and-gets-a-trophy-that-weighs-more-than-a-grown-man-worth-2-5-million\/","title":{"rendered":"TCU Wins the Fiesta Bowl. TCU also receives a trophy worth $2.5 Million."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftcu-wins-the-fiesta-bowl-and-gets-a-trophy-that-weighs-more-than-a-grown-man-worth-2-5-million%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1791697&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>#3 was a stunning display of dramatic style <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a> Christian University upset #2 the University of Michigan by a score of 51 \u2013 45 in the VRBO Fiesta Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>The Horned Frogs will face the winner of #4 ranked Ohio State University vs #1 University of Georgia. But before that happens, the Cinderella story Football team will be home with a huge trophy that is more than a grown man, and worth $2.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Emily Ehman, Big 10 Network&#8217;s spokesperson, stated that the Fiesta Bowl Trophy is 285 pounds in weight and contains thousands upon thousands of diamonds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWanna know how much the @Fiesta_Bowl trophy costs?? \u2026$2.5 million The football on the top is $1 million alone because of the 2,200 diamonds,\u201d She tweeted. \u201cIt also weighs 285lbs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Want to know how much it costs? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fiesta_Bowl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Fiesta_Bowl<\/a> trophy costs??<\/p>\n<p>\u2026$2.5 million\ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n<p>Because of the 2,200 diamonds, the football on top is worth $1 million. It weighs in at 285lbs.\ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u1bgUSdl0W\">pic.twitter.com\/u1bgUSdl0W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emily Ehman (@emilyehman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilyehman\/status\/1608559372640321537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following is an extract from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/fastats\/body-measurements.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>The average adult male in the United States over 20 years of age weighs 199.8lbs.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan, which was highly favored to win, has now lost five of its last five bowl games under Coach Jim Harbaugh.<\/p>\n<p>David Cone (ex-quarterback for the Wolverines) tweeted after the game, claiming that Ann Arbor&#8217;s team underestimated their opponent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichigan looked past @TCU and paid the price. Congrats to the Horned Frogs for their 0-0 mentality,\u201d He tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michigan looked past <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TCU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TCU<\/a> And they paid the price. Herzlichen Gl\u00fcckwunsch to the Horned Fogs for their 0-0 mindset. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HqEz0fDtPA\">pic.twitter.com\/HqEz0fDtPA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Cone (@davidadamcone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidadamcone\/status\/1609355862648184832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Given the high-scoring nature of the game, it will go down in history as one the most bizarre games ever played. Michigan was within striking distance of losing the game by double digits but couldn&#8217;t win.<\/p>\n<p>TCU&#8217;s quarterback Max Duggan made the right plays at key moments. The Horned Frog\u2019s highflying offense scored the most points on Michigan out of any team this season.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is an ongoing story. Please check back often for new updates.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In dramatic fashion, #3 Texas Christian University upset #2 the University of Michigan by a score of 51 \u2013 45 in the VRBO Fiesta Bowl. The Horned Frogs will go on to face the winner of the #4 ranked Ohio State University vs. #1 University of Georgia, but before that happens, the Cinderella story football &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1791700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[8595,4785,6202,12709,4116,8255,12710,6770,5745,6195,5502],"class_list":["post-1791697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-2-5","tag-bowl","tag-daily","tag-fiesta","tag-million","tag-receives","tag-tcu","tag-trophy","tag-wins","tag-wire","tag-worth"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1791697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1791700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1791697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1791697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1791697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}