When the NCAA announced sanctions for the SMU men’s basketball and golf teams, many around the nation chimed in, giving their opinion and analysis of the situation and the fairness of the penalties.
One such person was Pat Forde from Yahoo Sports. He published a column, “Bad Horseplay: SMU’s time as part of the NCAA should be over,” just hours after the news was released. In it, he took a hostile stance toward the university and particularly Head Basketball Coach Larry Brown.
He pointed out that SMU is now the most-penalized school in NCAA history – obviously not the national title we were looking for.