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The Baylor–TCU football rivalry, known as The Bluebonnet Battle [2] [3] [4] and informally as The Revivalry, [5] is an American college football rivalry between the Baylor Bears and TCU Horned Frogs. The first game of the 120-game series was played in 1899, making the rivalry one of the oldest and most played in FBS college football. After ...
SMU won the game, and the skillet and frog legs went to SMU. The tradition eventually spilled over into the actual game and the Iron Skillet is now passed to the winner. [3] An article from TCU magazine tells the following story. "The first "Battle for the Iron Skillet" occurred on November 30, 1946, as college football boomed after World War II.
"The Battle of the Iron Skillet tradition began in 1946 when an SMU fan was frying frog legs as a joke before the game. ... In 2022, TCU brought Dykes back. Dykes is 2-0 vs. SMU with the Horned ...
The office of TCU head football coach Sonny Dykes has undergone a bit of a makeover since he arrived in Fort Worth in December 2021. The lush headquarters, which dwarf the size of the average ...
The Frogs and Raiders have only met twice with both teams ranked in the top 25, in 2006 and 2012. Both games were played in Fort Worth and won by the higher-ranked team (TCU 12–3 in 2006 and Texas Tech in 3OT 56–53 in 2012). The West Texas Championship Saddle is the traveling trophy between the Red Raiders and Horned Frogs
The start of the 2023 season is less than a week away for the TCU Horned Frogs and the program will finally have a chance to prove 2022 wasn’t a fluke.
[7] [8] [9] In 1898, the schools met twice, with Texas winning both games. [10] The schools were members of the old Southwest Conference together from 1923 to 1995. [ 11 ] Between the turn of the century and 1924, the Horned Frogs and Longhorns met nine times, with Texas emerging victorious each game.
The Horned Frogs are 7-0 in true road games under Sonny Dykes. TCU is coming off a stinging home loss to West Virginia and looking to get back on track with three of its next four games on the road.