As I sat at Gerald J. Ford Stadium on Saturday night, it wasn't until the SMU section started chanting "Iron Skillet" that I remembered that it wasn't going to be an ordinary loss.We didn't just lose the game; we lost the Skillet too.

And for the first time in a long time, the Battle for the Iron Skillet mattered to me.

I guess the Skillet is just one of those things you don't miss until it's gone. Because TCU has won the "rivalry" game every year I've been here, and I never cared.

"You're not rushing? Why not? You're the only person I've met that isn't going Greek."As I attempted to socialize with the girls at my Frog Camp this summer, the shock and awe of my disinterest in the "so amazing" Greek cult of TCU left me feeling like I had picked the wrong university to attend.

I obviously didn't fit in, and the fact that I drove an 8-year-old Dodge Avenger and didn't live off daddy's credit card didn't exactly help. People would unwillingly shake my hand and introduce themselves, but soon walk away and join the "cool kid" group.

SMU students wearing red "TCU Sucks" shirts cheered loudly as the Mustang band marched down "The Boulevard," SMU's traditional tailgate spot, minutes before kickoff in the battle for the Iron Skillet on Saturday night in Dallas.From the looks of it, one would have thought the SMU-TCU rivalry was as fierce as ever, but instead, SMU alumni, students and administrators said the rivalry has lost some steam over the years and now provides simply an excuse for students to let loose.

The offense sputtered, the defense gave ground and the kicking game failed the Frogs in their 21-10 loss to Metroplex rival SMU on Saturday night in Dallas, giving the Iron Skillet back to the Mustangs for the first time since 1998. Quarterback Tye Gunn faced pressure, missed targets and threw three interceptions on his way to a 16 for 36, 134-yard performance that characterized a futile Frog offense that managed only three points.

Head coach Gary Patterson had trouble explaining the ineffectiveness of Gunn and the Frog offense.

A determined TCU soccer team fell to Boston University 1-0, but rebounded with a 1-0, double-overtime win against Northwestern State as part of the Horned Frog Invitational at Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium over the weekend.After the Frogs' loss, a frustrated head coach Dan Abdalla commented on the outcome of the game.

"We really should have won," Abdalla said. "We have the talent, and we have the potential. All we need is someone who will step up and take charge of the team. If there is anything we lack, it is a leader."

American writer Arthur Miller once said, "Our culture now is advertising."These five simple words present a very pessimistic, and yet realistic, environment of our society. We, at all times, are consumed...

I think I have movies all too figured out. Creativity is lacking, and even if there are awesome special effects, insane gun fights, eye-popping plots and naked mud wrestling, the movies have become incredibly predictable.Think about it. You are in a gunfight and run out of ammo, what do you do? Heck, just throw the gun away; another one that is bigger, better and fully automatic with a full clip is bound to come along. Not only that, but that particular magazine is so full that it doesn't run out of ammo.