First, allow me to say that I find the NCAA's sanctions against USC to be excessive, unprecedented and unfair. I agree with the 2 year postseason ban, because Reggie Bush not only played in those games, but helped them reach them. (For USC fans to talk about what a great player that Reggie Bush was - better than Vince Young for instance - on one hand and then claim that they would have won all those games without Bush on the other is hypocritical; logically inconsistent.) But losing 30 scholarships is beyond excessive.

I think that it was done because the NCAA wanted to make sure that USC actually suffered. Oklahoma proved that you can lose 8 scholarships and still play for the national title in 2008. USC can carry 75 scholarship ...

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