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Cookout, a wildcatter, and a private jet: How SMU reintroduced itself to major college football
SMU returns to major college football after 40 years following the Death Penalty thanks to deep pockets of alum like Bill Armstrong and the Ponies position in Dallas
SMU celebrated a return to major college football with burgers and shakes on a private jet owned by arguably the greatest wildcatter in history. A perfect duet between the Atlantic Coast Conference and its newest show pony.
Head coach Rhett Lashlee was in the driver’s seat alongside his wife, Lauren, and mega booster Bill Armstrong when their black Lincoln pulled up to a Cookout window en route to a private airport in Charlotte following the Mustangs’ appearance at ACC Media Day. The one-day event served as a reintroduction for the Ponies as a power program, a label that was ripped away in the 1990s when the Southwest Conference dissolved and a wounded SMU program found a home in the Western Athletic Conference.
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