Sonny Dykes, Jeremiah Donati Apologize to TCU Fans For This Mistake

Posted on September 2, 2023

The TCU Horned Frogs waited until December to lose a football game last season, but this year it came Week 1 on Saturday against Colorado. And it wasn’t just issues on-the-field that caused some issues for the Horned Frogs, but also some post-game mistakes that came to light.

TCU was getting criticized by fans for not staying to sing the fight song after the game. Here’s an example.

Pretty sorry excuse by the team not singing the fight song and alma mater after a performance like that. Thank you to the coaches and players who stayed and sang.
Teams got a lot of work to do.
Go Frogs. pic.twitter.com/a9RyxjVrCu
— Robert Thompson (@bobbythompson72) September 2, 2023

The first post-game comments on this came from athletic director Jeremiah Donati, who took full responsibility for the miscommunication, pointing out this is the first home loss for this coaching staff.

The team leaving the field before the alma mater is 100 pct on me. This was our first home loss with our new coaching staff and clearly we didn’t communicate the expectation – which is to stay on the field W or L in front of the band. It won’t happen again. I apologize. Thanks…
— Jeremiah Donati (@JDonati_TCU) September 2, 2023

Then, head coach Sonny Dykes responded on X after the game, saying, “We also owe our fan base an apology. We didn’t communicate the expectation win or lose to stand with our fans and band for the alma mater, that won’t happen again. Appreciate your understanding and support.”

Didn’t get the result we wanted today but we will 100% get it fixed.

We also owe our fan base an apology. We didn’t communicate the expectation win or lose to stand with our fans and band for the alma mater, that won’t happen again. Appreciate your understanding and support👊
— Sonny Dykes (@CoachSonnyDykes) September 2, 2023

I’m sure TCU fans will forgive Dykes, who of course led this team to a National Championship Game last season. But obviously this is salt in the wound as TCU went into this home game against the Buffaloes as a 20-point favorite.

TCU is back home next week against Nicholls State.