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Why the battle for the Iron Skillet is the game you must see in 2016

Let me take you back to the morning of Saturday, September 27th, 2014. SMU Football had officially hit rock bottom.

The Mustangs started the 2014-2015 season with three of the worst successive losses in program history, being outscored 146-12 by Baylor, North Texas, and Texas A&M in those games. Head coach June Jones resigned after the Mustangs were blown out by UNT 43-6 in Week 2, citing personal reasons as the cause of his departure. To make matters worse, SMU’s nemesis from Ft. Worth was on the bus to Dallas.

It was a slaughter.

TCU’s quarterback Trevone Boykin threw for four touchdowns and ran for two more.