Instant analysis from Week 4 of the college football season

Week 4 provided plenty of talking points in the Lone Star State. The 12 FBS programs combined for a 8-4 record, and two of those losses involved games with two Texas squads with Texas Tech upsetting Texas, TCU knocking off SMU, and Houston outlasting Rice. North Texas was the only FBS squad in Texas to fall to an out-of-state opponent. Here are 10 thoughts from an action-packed Saturday of action. 

1. Turning the page: The 101st Battle for the Iron Skillet was a narrative game. None of the mid-week stories broke down the on-field action or individual matchups. Instead, we all wrote about Sonny Dykes’ divorce from SMU and the arrival of his former assistant, Rhett Lashlee, as replacement. We talked about the boos he’d hear. We talked about the old faces he’d see, some friendly and others angry. We talked about the two-game winning streak SMU was on with Dykes in charge. We talked about a sell out at Ford Stadium. And then the game kicked off and TCU built a 14-0 lead before a quarter of the SMU faithful made it inside the stadium. By the time they made it to their seats, the Horned Frogs were up 28-14 at halftime. Some of those fans never returned from the bathroom break. Max Duggan won his first start against SMU in three tries nine career touchdown passes and zero interceptions against the Mustangs. With the Iron Skillet back in Fort Worth, Dykes’ Horned Frogs can concentrate on scaring a wide-open Big 12.