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How SMU broke from its scandal-stained past to become a 'new sheriff' in college football

How SMU broke from its scandal-stained past to become a 'new sheriff' in college football
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas — After approximately 30 years of mediocrity, Bill Armstrong had enough. The oil and gas billionaire knew SMU football's 1987 death penalty from the NCAA for illegally paying players was the catalyst for the program's generation-long downward…

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