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5 Important Questions for Week 4: Is it Marcel Reed time?
Will SMU or TCU win the Battle for the Iron Skillet? Are the Texas A&M Aggies ready to hand keys to QB Marcel Reed? Alarm levels for Rice Owls?
The Week 4 slate around the Lone Star State is a mixed bag of conference and non-conference games. The biggest contest of the weekend is the Battle for the Iron Skillet between TCU and SMU, a pair of programs on the same footing for the first time since TCU joined the Big 12 in 2012, and arguably for the first time since the Death Penalty in the 1980s.
Twelve of the 13 FBS programs in Texas are in action in Week 4 with Texas State enjoying an idle Saturday. Remember, each program gets two idle weeks in 2024, thanks to the expanded playoff. The Great State went a combined 6-6 in Week 3 with SMU idle. The combined record for the 13 FBS teams in Texas so far this season is 22-18.
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