The death penalty badly damaged that brand. The pay-for-play scandal went all the way to the office of the late Texas Gov.

SMU is ready to move on from the painful aftermath of the so-called death penalty as the Dallas school's debut in the Atlantic Coast Conference draws near.

SMU plays its first football game as an ACC member, completing a full-circle odyssey in and out and back into the power-conference elite. Left for dead by a football “death penalty” in the ...

Recruiting violations — including paying athletes to commit to SMU — led the school to receive the death penalty from the NCAA in 1987, which barred the Mustangs from competing for a year.

SMU is making a quarterback change just three games into the season as Kevin Jennings will take over the starting job from ...

The death penalty badly damaged that brand. The pay-for-play scandal went all the way to the office of the late Texas Gov. Bill Clements, an SMU alum who led the trustees during the time the NCAA ...

DALLAS — SMU athletic director Rick Hart gets goosebumps pretty easily these days. Whether it's reflecting on the nearly year-old celebration of getting into the Atlantic Coast Conference or ...

DALLAS (AP) — SMU athletic director Rick Hart gets goosebumps pretty easily these days. Whether it's reflecting on the nearly year-old celebration of getting into the Atlantic Coast Conference ...