Pony Excess
A dynasty lost in sudden death.
2010-12-11 | 102 minutes
Plot Summary
From 1981-1984, a small private school in Dallas owned the best record in college football. The Mustangs of Southern Methodist University were riding high on the backs of the vaunted "Pony Express" backfield. But as the middle of the decade approached, the program was coming apart at the seams. Wins became the only thing that mattered as the University increasingly ceded power of the football program to the city's oil barons and real estate tycoons and flagrant and frequent NCAA violations became the norm. In 1987, the school and the sport were rocked, as the NCAA meted out "the death penalty" on a college football program for the first and only time in its history. SMU would be without football for two years, and the fan base would be without an identity for 20 more until the win in the 2009 Hawaii Bowl. This is the story of Dallas in the 1980's and the greed, power, and corruption that spilled from the oil fields onto the football field and all the way to the Governor's Mansion.
Cast
Recommendations
-
Mrs. Doubtfire
-
Without Bias
-
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
-
Deadpool & Wolverine
-
The Shawshank Redemption
-
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
-
V for Vendetta
-
Interstellar
-
Prometheus
-
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
-
The Godfather Part II
-
Titanic
-
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
-
Star Wars
-
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
-
Dune: Part Two
-
Deadpool
-
Twisters
-
Gladiator
-
Iron Man 3
Similar Movies
-
Maradona by Kusturica
-
Sapporo Winter Olympics
-
Chinese Ping-Pong
-
Les Enfants de l’ovale... Un essai qui transforme !
-
The Devil's Climb
-
Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness
-
Here Comes Greatness
-
Crossing The Line
-
The Endless Summer
-
Germany: A Summer's Fairytale
-
Riding Giants
-
Unrivaled: Red Wings v Avalanche
-
Requiem for the Big East
-
Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations
-
Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty
-
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
-
Brothers in Exile
-
The U Part 2
-
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
-
Lorena: Light-Footed Woman