SMU death penalty: Revisiting Mustang football's NCAA recruiting violations in 1980s
With SMU football playing in the College Football Playoff, here's a look back at the Mustangs' death penalty violation from ...
SMU’s resurrection from death penalty to playoff contender is poetic
Former spokesperson for Gov. Bill Clemens remembers SMU football’s “death penalty” in 1987 and cheers for the mustangs in ...
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Rhett Lashlee says CFP closes chapter on SMU's 'death penalty' past
There was a time when all SMU football was known for was "the death penalty" it received from the NCAA in 1987 for the scandal of paying players to play college football. That, of course ...
How SMU wound up in the ACC (and, eventually, the CFP) — 'It's a couple hundred million dollars. I'm not losing sleep over it.'
SMU is headed to the College Football Playoff in its first season in the ACC. How it made the jump to the conference is a ...
Despite Playoff loss, SMU proved it belongs in the ACC and has a bright future
With 22 wins over two years and a CFP appearance, SMU redefined the program and changed its identity for future generations.
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What does SMU stand for? Most Googled questions about the university
The SMU football program's success has raised the national profile of the school and many people online have questions.
Does TCU’s Sonny Dykes deserve any credit for SMU’s success & playoff run?
Lost in this debate is the run that Dykes had at SMU. Few, if anyone, credits Dykes’ tenure as a catalyst for SMU’s current ...
How Penn State and SMU's 1948 game desegregated the Cotton Bowl
Penn State and SMU will meet in the College Football Playoff Saturday. Their first meeting, in 1948, desegregated the Cotton ...
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SMU death penalty: Revisiting Mustang football's NCAA recruiting violations in 1980s
Here's a look back at SMU receiving the "death penalty" in the 1980s as the Mustangs head up to Happy Valley to take on Penn State in the first round of the College Football Playoffs. The NCAA ...