The SMU game has come and gone. Here’s what I believe we learned:

Two children (who were not yet born the last time TCU won at OSU in 1991) root for the Horned Frogs in the season opener against Jackson State. Photo by Glen E. Ellman

• TCU has a lot of team speed. Extreme speed. On both sides of the ball.
• The TCU offensive line is getting better every game, especially in the run game. Very physical. I like that.
• The Frogs need to find a way to start games faster than they did vs. SMU. Big 12 teams won’t wait.
• I like the defensive line rotation. Their best games are still ahead of them. That’s good news.
• Jonathan Song is settling is as the placekicker. Even though the 50-yarder vs. SMU was nullified by a timeout, he was in control at impact – very important.

Now, it’s time for Big 12 play and it starts with Oklahoma State.

The Frogs last victory in Stillwater came in 1991. A lot has happened in those 26 years.

Here’s what was going on in 1991:

• Operation Desert Storm began in January
• The air bag was first required in U.S. cars
• Apartheid ended
• Average annual income in the U.S. was $29,000
• Regular gasoline as $1.12 per gallon
• The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 3,000 for the first time in 1991
• The internet is made available to unrestricted commercial use
• The number of computers on the internet reached one million
• Texas A&M won the Southwest Conference football championship
• TCU finished 7-4 and did not receive a bowl bid – it was Jim Wacker’s last season as head coach.
• TCU head coach Gary Patterson was the defensive coordinator at Sonoma State
• On September 21, TCU Football defeats Oklahoma State 24-21 in Stillwater at Lewis Field (as it was known then)

Linebacker Ty Summers, #42, reacts to a big play from Oklahoma State on the Nov. 19, 2016, game at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. Photo by Leo Wesson

Hopefully the Frogs are gonna party like it’s 1991.

Friday, we’ll take a closer look at the Cowboys. They are loaded.

Did You Know?

Yesterday was National Pirates Day. Arrrrrrgh!!! I wonder what Washington State head coach Mike Leach did to celebrate?

Oklahoma State was formerly known at Oklahoma A&M College? They changed the name in 1957.