The over is 6-1-1 in the last 8 meetings and the Horned Frogs are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 meetings while the underdog is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 meetings. SMU played six teams that were ranked in 2015 and Phil Steele’s College Football Preview ranked SMU as having the hardest schedule of any G5 team in the country a year ago. TCU is looking to open with a record of 3-1 or better for the eighth time in the last nine seasons and 12th time in 16 years under Patterson. Hill has passed for 1,035 yards in three games this season, while tossing four touchdowns against three interceptions, He has also rushed for six scores on the season for the 2-1 Horned Frogs.
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Patterson said it is hard to lose “a guy that always makes the first guy miss”, but said the Frogs can’t worry about injuries. Defensively, the Mustangs are allowing 25 points and 403.3 yards per game. “How people handle the tough times and the things when you have problems, that’s how you usually judge everybody”.
Quarterback Kenny Hill shook off a sluggish start to complete 31 of 45 passes for 452 yards and two touchdowns against one interception.
While the Mustangs are moving the ball, averaging 491 total yards per game, they have struggled once reaching the opponents 20.
Morris said he invited a former SMU football player who is now a DPD officer to speak to his players during pre-season camp so they could ask questions and hear what his job is like.
According to oddsmakers at BetDSI, TCU is a big favorite on the road, as the Horned Frogs are getting odds of -20 points against SMU.
TCU renewed its rivalry with the SMU Mustangs Friday night and took a slim 6-3 at the half. Ray Brewer won the 2015-2016 season, after Taylor Bern prevailed in 2014-2015. TCU has 73 interceptions since 2012, its first year in the Big 12, which is the most in the league during that span.
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The team will wear a specially created Mustang helmet decal that has the Dallas skyline inside of it to show its support instead of its usual solid red Mustang. There will also be a moment of silence to remember five law enforcement officers killed July 7 in downtown Dallas by a gunman at the end of a march to protest fatal police shootings of black men.
