Watch the trailer for ESPN's perfectly timed SMU scandal doc

Say this for ESPN: They know how to time a documentary. The next entry in the network's "30 for 30" series, chronicling the series of scandals that infamously killed SMU football in 1987 airs at 9 p.m. ET on Dec. 11. Here's the new trailer:

Why yes, actually, 9 p.m. ET on Dec. 11 is the coveted post-Heisman slot occupied last year by "The U," immediately following the newly cleared Cam Newton's acceptance speech in Manhattan on the same network. Why do you ask?

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