Ever wonder how — and why — SMU’s football program ended up with the NCAA “death penalty” in the late ’80s, and sanctions that crippled the program for years?
A big part of that story starts at WFAA Channel 8 in Dallas, where a young producer named John Sparks helped drive a series of explosive investigative reports that changed college football forever.This week on This Just In, John joins Rich & Bryan to walk through the behind-the-scenes twists, turns, and jaw-dropping moments that led to one of the most infamous scandals in NCAA history. You won’t believe what it took to break this story.