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SMU was just on Around the Horn on ESPN; a whole section on SMU. If you missed it, they talked about "SMU is perhaps the only NCAA team in history to receive the death penalty;" but more importantly: "bowl season looks good for SMU."

FrogieFever wrote:"SMU is perhaps the only NCAA team in history to receive the death penalty;"

Did they really say perhaps? It's not really a gray area.

MustangStealth wrote:

FrogieFever wrote:"SMU is perhaps the only NCAA team in history to receive the death penalty;"

Did they really say perhaps? It's not really a gray area.

Sorry: I forgot "to deserve."

If he's not careful, I'm going to start liking Cowlishaw. That's good stuff.

actually I think Southwestern Louisiana or one of those directional schools forfeited a basketball season didn't they. Not sure if that was voluntary or not. Oh also Kentucky in BB and CCNY in BB scandals in the 50s right?

Wasn't Wichita State Shockers and San Fransico University programs disbanded due to NCAA violations. Those may have been self administered though.

Wichita State chose to disband its football program -- nothing to do with the NCAA. My mom hasn't given money to her alma mater since, at least as of the last time we talked about it.

Wichita State, I believe shut its program down after several players were killed in a plane accident. I think the attitude and the funding were so poor aftera while that they just dropped it. Could have been some violations involved but I did not think so.

I believe it was Tulane that shut down bball over a point shaving scandal

I'm thinking about a different school than Tulane. Their punishment was voluntary but I didn't think it was for an enture season. Also, a plane carrying the entire Wichita St. team went down killing just about the entire team in the early 1970s and no I'm not thinking of Marshall. Wichita St. brought football back and in fact the Pony Express played Wichita St. in Kansas in about 1978 before about 7,000 fans.

Stallion wrote:I'm thinking about a different school than Tulane. Their punishment was voluntary but I didn't think it was for an enture season. Also, a plane carrying the entire Wichita St. team went down killing just about the entire team in the early 1970s and no I'm not thinking of Marshall. Wichita St. brought football back and in fact the Pony Express played Wichita St. in Kansas in about 1978 before about 7,000 fans.

wasn't it Centenary?

I found it-in 1973 the NCAA shut down USL BB team which was the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

I found it-in 1973 the NCAA shut down USL BB team which was the University of Southwestern Louisiana Ragin Cajuns