USC loses its appeal to the NCAA. Have to think this increases the chances Barkley declares, and the Kiffin era endures some serious adversity in years three and four. It isn't the SMU death penalty, but for a program that's had the best of everything for a long while, it will be a shock to the system.
Rick Neuheisel turned out to be right. The football monopoly in Los Angeles has ended. But it wasn't UCLA, it was the NCAA investigators and the Ducks that ended it. The Trojans lose 10 scholarships a year for the next three years and face a two-year bowl ban. Scholarship players have the option of transferring out and being eligible immediately.
Oregon is a position to be the dominant team in the conference for the next several years, provided they can avoid a bowl ban and significant scholarship loss of their own. Here's hoping the Ducks get Boise State-level penalties rather than an Auburn, USC or Ohio State-type slow-roasting.
NCAA justice would be more impactful if it wasn't so slow and drawn out.
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