# @texaschristianuniversity on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnbdb2Wl5Us
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14257869-texaschristianuniversity-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/fcec6a8d09.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-09-07T14:57:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** TCU (@texaschristianuniversity) — https://gondola.cc/texaschristianuniversity

## Caption

The first "Battle for the Iron Skillet" occurred in 1946. Weeks prior to the game, SMU’s Student Council proposed the idea of presenting a trophy to the winning team. TCU accepted the idea, and the two schools' governing bodies met in Dallas to set up the rules of the traveling trophy, which became the Iron Skillet. Why a skillet? Some claim that an SMU fan in the 1950s was caught frying frogs legs in a skillet at a tailgate before the game, and a TCU fan wagered that the winner should take the pan home, but that might just be legend. #TCUhistory #BeatSMU #GoFrogs #KnuckleUp #TCU

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## Tags

tcu, tcuhistory, knuckleup, beatsmu, gofrogs

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