Pony-ing up: Twenty four years after its last bowl, SMU found some closure.
A berth in the Hawaii Bowl finally closed the book on the NCAA death penalty from 1987 (the school dropped the 1988 season on its own). In June Jones' second year, the Mustangs won eight games, beat Nevada in the bowl and emerged as a possible favorite next year in Conference USA.
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