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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Should TCU still play SMU annually?

Should TCU still play SMU annually? I will be discussing whether or not the TCU Horned Frogs should still play the SMU Mustangs every year.
My first argument will discuss why TCU and SMU should keep playing.TCU and SMU have been playing each other in non-conference action since 1915, a rivalry that spans 92 years.  The series had so much history in the past when both teams had much success in the early Southwest Conference years through the years Dutch Meyer coached the Frogs.
 During those years, both schools played games in which they battled for the Southwest Conference titles.  These games as older fans would say where some of the greatest games of all-time.  One of the greatest games of all-time between TCU and SMU was in 1935 when Sammy Baugh led the Frogs to tie the game in the fourth quarter on a long pass.  The Frogs would go on to lose that game 20-14.
My second argument is to why TCU and SMU should not play again annually.  The contract for the series expires in 2016.  The series means more to SMU every year than it does to TCU.  The Mustangs have more to gain than TCU in continuing to play the series.  Both schools should continue to play again when SMU is actually competitive again.
This game is not even fun for the Frogs anymore.  The players on SMU's side are always getting chippy, stepping on our players legs, playing dirty, therefore injuring our players.  SMU's players took cheap shots against TCU QB Casey Pachall on Saturday night in the rain soaked game.
The players from TCU don't get fired about this game anymore.  In 2011, the players weren't motivated about the game, leading to a big time upset for the Mustangs.  Last Saturday, the Frogs pulled out the win 24-16.
I personally can handle both schools not playing each other when the contract is up in 2016.  If SMU is actually winning consistently only then would I play them again.

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