Pony Excess
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.
Release Date
December 11, 2010Runtime
102 minGenres
DocumentaryDirected by
Thaddeus D. MatulaLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Images
Videos
Video: Trailer for Pony Excess, the ESPN documentary about SMU's death penalty sentence
Similar movies
The Endless Summer
June 15, 1966Men In Sync
April 28, 2022Jab
November 9, 2018Black Ice
July 14, 2023Jornal Português (1938-1951)
December 12, 200550 Greatest Home Runs in Baseball History
July 6, 199360 Cycles
December 31, 1965Isle of Snow
September 18, 2019The Fast Lane
August 15, 2023Legend Of The Rainbow Jersey
August 11, 2023Sonho de Menino, com Fernando Diniz
September 2, 2023SCHW31NS7EIGER: Memories - Von Anfang bis Legende
June 5, 2020The Power of Darts
November 27, 2013Un escándalo llamado Byron (Los otros)
January 23, 2019Butter 2: Four Wheel Flavored
June 22, 2021Dirty Games: The Dark Side of Sports
June 2, 2016The Last Rider
June 23, 2023Football As Never Before
March 29, 1971Tapavica
April 27, 2016Untold: Crime & Penalties
August 31, 2021