How the Billionaires Are Bringing Back SMU Football

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🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In the 1980s SMU football looked to be almost inevitable. With a No. 2 ranking and a constant stream of top recruits, like Eric Dickerson and Craig James, they looked to be headed to a national title of their own. But they also had something else, a well-documented payroll for their players. This resulted in the NCAA’s so-called “death penalty” ruling for the program and sent SMU down a 40-year path of obscurity. But now, with the NIL era in full swing and armed with a stable of billionaire boosters, SMU football is jumping headfirst into a new conference with thoughts of the college football playoff on their mind. Dave Wilson joins us from Texas to break down the Mustang’s path from NCAA pariah to modern-day redemption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Dave, I know how deep rivalries run in Texas college football, but I must tell you the last time I was anywhere near SMU's campus, I was visiting Dallas and I was walking through saying, oh, let me take a look.
0:15.8	There were more scooters littered everywhere than anything I'd ever seen. It was an indication of just how rich kids operate on some
0:26.0	campuses, SMU being a prime example of what folks with money do when left to
0:32.0	their own devices.
0:32.8	Sorry, that got me about surprise there.
0:34.9	I'm sorry.
0:35.9	I know.
0:36.9	It was weird.
0:37.9	There were scooters out front of every class.
0:39.5	That's all kids did.
0:40.6	My point being SMU as the rich folk school has a reputation that is
0:45.4	noticeable even just walking around.
0:47.4	The the scooter quotient. Yes. I bought my first car a red Mustang from an SMU soccer player in 1989.
0:55.0	Really?
0:57.0	Oh, clear out, clear out, I still.
0:59.6	I know, you're going to make me do it.
1:01.0	Because if we want to talk about how do you know
1:03.1	about the vibe at SMU in the 80s?
1:05.8	Yeah.
1:06.8	It was actually a 65 Mustang for $2,500.
1:09.2	Slow down.
1:10.2	65 Mustang is a classic American a sports car.
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