Year: 2016

The battle of the Iron Skillet will occur under the Friday Night Lights when TCU visits SMU at 7 p.m. Sept. 23 on ESPN. TCU (2-1, 1-0) leads the series 48-40-7 and captured 14 of the last 16 games. Coach Gary Patterson is 12-2 against the Mustangs (2-1), including last season’s 56-37 win. At one point, however, SMU scored 20 unanswered to pull within 42-37. Patterson said SMU coach Chad Morris is doing a fine job with the Mustangs. “It’s always a big game,” he said. “It is a cross-town…

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The Big 12’s top game will be played in Waco when Oklahoma State visits Baylor at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 24 on Fox. The game features two high octane offenses led by veteran quarterbacks — Baylor’s Seth Russell and OSU’s Mason Rudolph. Mason has already thrown for 1,017 yards and six touchdowns to rank third in the conference, while Russell has thrown for 761 yards and nine touchdowns. Bears coach Jim Grobe said he is impressed with Rudolph, especially with how well he throws the deep ball, and how he gets…

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Following a 50-43 loss to California Sept. 17, Texas coach Charlie Strong vows to get more involved in the defensive planning. Strong made the comments during his weekly Monday press conference Sept. 19. Not only is he planning on being more involved, Strong said every coach will get evaluated in the next two weeks. The Longhorns’ next game is at Oklahoma State Oct. 1 at 11 a.m. Typically, he said, he makes suggestions to the staff, not demands. The good news is the defensive problems are correctable, the coach said,…

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The Texas Longhorns traveled to Berkley to play California and came away with their first loss of the season 50-43 Sept. 17. How can the Longhorns (2-1), who played so well in the double overtime win over Notre Dame to start the season, come up short against a California team that was reeling following a loss to San Diego State last week? The answer is that the Notre Dame loss in 2015 changed the Texas program, while the loss to the Bears last season was a game Texas felt like…

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TCU showed no ill effects from last week’s loss to Arkansas. Instead, the Horned Frogs let out their frustration on Iowa State in a decisive 41-20 victory Sept. 17. TCU (2-1, 1-0) cruised to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter thanks to a 64-yard touchdown run by Kyle Hicks. He finished with 117 yards on 12 carries. Quarterback Kenny Hill completed 19 of 30 passes for 219 yards and a touchdown. He threw the ball to nine different receivers. Meanwhile, the Horned Frogs defense did its part by limiting…

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