The Battle for the Iron Skillet: SMU (2-1) vs TCU (2-0) (12PM ET, ESPN2)

[TrueOrange]

SMU won last year’s matchup - and has won 3 of the last 5 - meanwhile TCU has won 13 of the last 18 in this matchup (and lead the series 53-43-7).

TCU currently leads 7-0 midway through the first.

The winner gets the Iron Skillet

 

[UTK]

people sleeping on this TCU team I think.

 

[fernbank]

Enjoy it while you can.

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[TrueOrange]

14-10 TCU as halftime ends.

 

[TrueOrange]

24-21 SMU with about 10 minutes left in the game.

 

[TrueOrange]

This back and forth game is now 35-24 TCU with 6 minutes left in the game after TCU scores

 

[TrueOrange]

35-24 TCU final.

TCU wins the Iron Skillet in what might be the last matchup of this rivalry for a bit as TCU and SMU get one gets better adjusted to its new reformatted Big 12 scheduling set up and the other adjusts to its new ACC scheduling set up.