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Pony Excess
Pony Excess

Pony Excess

7.2/10

1hr 42mins

Country:US

2010

Documentary
Spoken Languages: English

Overview:

From 1981-1984, a small private school in Dallas owned the best record in college football. The Mustangs of Southern Methodist University were riding high on the backs of the vaunted "Pony Express" backfield. But as the middle of the decade approached, the program was coming apart at the seams. Wins became the only thing that mattered as the University increasingly ceded power of the football program to the city's oil barons and real estate tycoons and flagrant and frequent NCAA violations became the norm. In 1987, the school and the sport were rocked, as the NCAA meted out "the death penalty" on a college football program for the first and only time in its history. SMU would be without football for two years, and the fan base would be without an identity for 20 more until the win in the 2009 Hawaii Bowl. This is the story of Dallas in the 1980's and the greed, power, and corruption that spilled from the oil fields onto the football field and all the way to the Governor's Mansion.

Budget

$0.00

Production companies

DLP Entertainment

Genre

Documentary

Runtime

1hr 42mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

2010-12-11

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