Gotta love the press...
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:43 pmhttps://es.pn/3kQJjHX
"Hottest rivalry in the game
Three days after SMU's 42-34 win over TCU in the 100th edition of the Battle for the Iron Skillet, the rivalry is hotter than it has been in years. SMU ran for 350 yards and didn't allow a sack against the Horned Frogs of coach Gary Patterson, one of the country's best defensive coaches.
Afterward all manner of nonsense has broken loose:
• After the game, SMU receiver Rashee Rice tried to plant an SMU flag, which was rather uncouth, no doubt. A fracas followed, during which TCU assistant Jerry Kill fell and suffered a concussion, according to Patterson. Understandable that Patterson was concerned about Kill, who has been a longtime friend and has had issues with seizures. But ...
Patterson accused an SMU player of hitting Kill with a helmet. Video showed a TCU player bumping into Kill and the coach falling down.
• Patterson seemed irked that SMU tweeted a video last year after TCU had to cancel the game. "I saw coach [Sonny Dykes] fry frog legs in the skillet when we couldn't play them."
• Patterson lectured the Ponies about class: "There's a way to win. There's a way to lose."
Dykes apologized for the flag incident and reiterated his respect for Patterson and TCU after the game. Then on Tuesday, Patterson doubled down, reiterating that he's not mad, he just thinks it's funny, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
• Patterson said the flag incident was planned in SMU's offices because a videographer was filming it. "It's OK," Patterson said. "But don't tell me there wasn't a plan somewhere there." (SMU denies this, saying there are videographers around shooting its ESPN+ show.)
• "We have rivalries. People get to where they hate you," Patterson said. "I giggle. You know what? That's what you want to do. You want to win enough that people hate you."
• Patterson was upset SMU made a Twitter parody video -- he really doesn't seem to like those -- of a song he recorded last year, saying he'd invoke copyright lawyers if he had the time.
We can only hope there will be a 101st Iron Skillet. But if this fallout is any indication, there might not be. In Patterson's own words, there's a way to win and there's a way to lose.
"Hottest rivalry in the game
Three days after SMU's 42-34 win over TCU in the 100th edition of the Battle for the Iron Skillet, the rivalry is hotter than it has been in years. SMU ran for 350 yards and didn't allow a sack against the Horned Frogs of coach Gary Patterson, one of the country's best defensive coaches.
Afterward all manner of nonsense has broken loose:
• After the game, SMU receiver Rashee Rice tried to plant an SMU flag, which was rather uncouth, no doubt. A fracas followed, during which TCU assistant Jerry Kill fell and suffered a concussion, according to Patterson. Understandable that Patterson was concerned about Kill, who has been a longtime friend and has had issues with seizures. But ...
Patterson accused an SMU player of hitting Kill with a helmet. Video showed a TCU player bumping into Kill and the coach falling down.
• Patterson seemed irked that SMU tweeted a video last year after TCU had to cancel the game. "I saw coach [Sonny Dykes] fry frog legs in the skillet when we couldn't play them."
• Patterson lectured the Ponies about class: "There's a way to win. There's a way to lose."
Dykes apologized for the flag incident and reiterated his respect for Patterson and TCU after the game. Then on Tuesday, Patterson doubled down, reiterating that he's not mad, he just thinks it's funny, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
• Patterson said the flag incident was planned in SMU's offices because a videographer was filming it. "It's OK," Patterson said. "But don't tell me there wasn't a plan somewhere there." (SMU denies this, saying there are videographers around shooting its ESPN+ show.)
• "We have rivalries. People get to where they hate you," Patterson said. "I giggle. You know what? That's what you want to do. You want to win enough that people hate you."
• Patterson was upset SMU made a Twitter parody video -- he really doesn't seem to like those -- of a song he recorded last year, saying he'd invoke copyright lawyers if he had the time.
We can only hope there will be a 101st Iron Skillet. But if this fallout is any indication, there might not be. In Patterson's own words, there's a way to win and there's a way to lose.
