Charlston (WV) Gazette: Turnaround taking place for SMU

[PonyPride]

Turnaround taking place for SMU

By Doug Smock
Staff writer

A year ago at this time, Southern Methodist was taking yet another round of Texas-sized lumps.

The Mustangs, who haven't been to a bowl game since 1984 and have had one winning season since suffering the NCAA's "death penalty" in 1987, were about to wrap up their second straight 1-11 season. And that "1" came early against Texas State, a lower-division school.

A year later, SMU still has a "1" in its standings line. But that number now sits in its Conference USA loss column, against five league victories, and the Mustangs are no longer looking up at the rest of the league.

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[ponyte]

Pretty good article,. A bunch of infomration about SMU and MU.