Pony Excess pilot in active development. Doak leading research — 3 new primary sources discovered. Pilot outline v2 locked. Cold open with the 1986 recruitment scandal. Thesis: the system working as designed, not corruption as aberration.

Research pipeline producing. Owen deep dive complete. Waks/Marklen parallel narratives identified as emotional spine for episodes 2-3. Historical timeline cross-referenced against NCAA records, Dallas Morning News archives, and deposition transcripts.