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How SMU's 2005 team that wrecked TCU's perfect season is still teaching Frogs lessons today

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FORT WORTH -- Like he's done for a dozen seasons, TCU coach Gary Patterson told his football team quickly about 2005, when the Frogs barged into Norman, Okla., and beat then-No. 7-ranked Oklahoma in the season opener.

They lost to SMU 21-10 the following week.

They finished that season 11-1.

It's an annual message he sends to his team after any win that is considered season-altering.

"That was the first thing that came out of his mouth," quarterback Kenny Hill said.

And yet, Patterson knows the words probably went in one ear and out the other.