TCUdirtbag
Active Member
I've always been a big supporter of the iron skillet game. I'm over it from a rivalry standpoint. Most of our fans don't care, and the players and students don't care at all.
But I think some of the "it's SMU's super bowl" talk is silly. Maybe it is, but I f we replace them with University of North Texas, Houston, Texas State, or any other G5 school, those teams are going to get up just as much to try and beat a P5 school that didn't recruit them the same way SMU does. The good thing about just playing SMU every year is we get to know their personnel and the staff isn't having to prep for an unfamiliar opponent and staff every year. That time can go to more important things.
But I think some of the "it's SMU's super bowl" talk is silly. Maybe it is, but I f we replace them with University of North Texas, Houston, Texas State, or any other G5 school, those teams are going to get up just as much to try and beat a P5 school that didn't recruit them the same way SMU does. The good thing about just playing SMU every year is we get to know their personnel and the staff isn't having to prep for an unfamiliar opponent and staff every year. That time can go to more important things.