Hansen on the Ticket at 855 discussing Pony Excess

[CalallenStang]

Calallen:

He did. Channel 8's Gerry Oher caught A&M QB Kevin Murray in one of the funniest moments ever in Sports Broadcasting. He showed Murray a signed lease agreement to a 280Z or something. Murray puts his hand to his cheek and says "Oh my gosh" And literrally rips it out of Oher's hand and runs off. Belo and the Times Herald nailed TCU too and Kenneth Davis along with 6 others who were kicked off the team. Wacker's famous meeting with the TCU team was the direct result of a newspaper story earlier in that week that the NCAA was on the SMU campus meeting with SMU players concerniong violations about the exact players who were kicked off TCU's team-including Egypt Allen , Kenneth Davis and Gerald Turner(?). I haven't seen Pony Excess yet but I hope they captured the essence of the newspaper war along with Belo that literrally resulted in probations at SMU, TCU, Tech, Oklahoma St, Houston, Texas, Baylor, Arkansas, OU and A&M. It is not accurate that SMU was the only school caught-there maybe something to the argument that SMU was caught in the middle of a media war.

Thanks for the info.

[Treadway21]

I am sure it has been discussed elsewhere, but what happened to Stanley post DP?

[ponyte]

I am sure it has been discussed elsewhere, but what happened to Stanley post DP?

Died in his sleep

Euphemism for drug overdose.

Same for Stopperich

[couch 'em]

It's so weird to hear about sports journalism involving investigation and breaking news. Now sports journalism is nothing but reporting public info and giving blowhard opinions.

[Stallion]

Jeff Atkins of Pony Express II also had some drug problems too

[ponyte]

Through the years we have had our share of drug/alcohol issues with players.

Dean Hagum comes to mind as well. Great talent wasted because of pot.

Then Hagum went to Mesa College and was draft pick #151 in the 1984 USFL draft as a DT

By the way, there was a pick in the same USFL draft from SMU that same year that was #197 named Michael Carter. Strange world.

[couch 'em]

Dean Hagum comes to mind as well. Great talent wasted because of pot.

I have a hard time imagining someone smoking so much pot that they couldn't handle playing football, unless you mean they were kicked off the team for using pot

[smuadams01]

Dean Hagum comes to mind as well. Great talent wasted because of pot.

I have a hard time imagining someone smoking so much pot that they couldn't handle playing football, unless you mean they were kicked off the team for using pot

Yes - please clarify. Never heard of anyone dying from a "pot" overdose.

[Nacho]

jeff atkins is not in the best of health. i'll leave it at that.

[ponyte]

Didn't say Hagum died of pot overdose. Said he was too messed up to play at SMU. He later got his act together someplace else and played.

And yes, one can smoke too much pot and not be able to play ball. Hagum proved it and even a naive freshman could see it.

[Treadway21]

Ponyte, Thanks for the info. When did he and Stopperich pass?

Sad to hear about Atkins. Among the many great games he had, I will always remember him tearing up Oklahoma in the first quarter or so in 1985. He was a great back.

[RGV Pony]

Ponyte, Thanks for the info. When did he and Stopperich pass?

Sad to hear about Atkins. Among the many great games he had, I will always remember him tearing up Oklahoma in the first quarter or so in 1985. He was a great back.

Stanley 86
Stopperich 95

[CA Mustang]

Died in his sleep

Euphemism for drug overdose.

You learn something new every day.

[One Trick Pony]

I had to leave half way into the flick i'n Dallas so I have one question.
Was Buss left on the cutting room floor?????

[ontheedgeofmyseat]

Good post, as always, Stallion........fellas, help me here...we [deleted], moan , whine, complain , SCREAM "MOVE ON" whenever the DP is mentioned when discussing SMU...so, we are NOW celebrating this as it relates to the ESPN piece??!? This is why I LOVE PF.com!!