Nearly 40 years since being left behind by a major conference, SMU is joining the ACC. The league gave the Mustangs a lifeline, but they'll need to pony up for their ambitions to match the reality of today's college football.
In 1987, the NCAA issued the"death penalty" on a college football program for the first and only time in its history.The Frogs' ascent was painful to watch from Dallas. Just 40 miles away, TCU climbed from the same abyss, with Dennis Franchione turning the program around before Gary Patterson elevated it, claiming six top-10, finishes in a 10-year span including winning a Rose Bowl, one of the greatest achievements by a Group of 5 team in the sport's history.
SMU says its major projects were in the works before Dykes' departure. But it surely galvanized Mustangs boosters, seeing a coach who embraced Dallas, brought D/FW players home via the transfer portal, and won 10 games for the first time in 40 years, only to lose him to their rivals. Coincidentally or not, alumnus Garry Weber's $50 million donation for the new end zone project -- the largest athletic gift in SMU's history -- was announced 21 days after Dykes left for TCU.
SMU has long struggled to get fans to games, something that has plagued the school for decades since the Dallas Cowboys arrived and due to its small enrollment and alumni base and location in a major city with lots of competition.
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