Dykes’ predecessor, Gary Patterson, was known to lose his stuffing multiple times during a game, but he never got tossed from one of them in his 20 plus years of coaching TCU. Early in the third quarter, Dykes was ejected after he let the officials know his thoughts.

Two years ago, TCU coach Sonny Dykes steered his team to an unbeaten regular season, an extraordinary Fiesta Bowl win over Michigan, and a trip to the national championship against Georgia. How fast things can go south in the game of college football.

ACC newcomer SMU (3-1) had scored 17 points in the final 1:28 of the first half for a 41-21 lead, the most points the Mustangs ever scored in a half during the series that was played for the 103rd time. That quick scoring spurt included Ahmaad Moses' 69-yard interception return for a touchdown.