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USC appealed only certain aspects of this month's ruling. Among the penalties were a two-year bowl...

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USC appealed only certain aspects of this month's ruling. Among the penalties were a two-year bowl ban, four years of probation, scholarship losses and removal of several victories. The school will accept a bowl ban for the upcoming season and certain scholarship penalties in football, but believes the full sanctions were unduly harsh. USC asked for the two-year postseason ban to be reduced to one year. The school also wants the NCAA's scholarship reductions in football from 2011 to 2013 to be reduced to five lost scholarships in each season, rather than 10.

ESPN: USC asks NCAA for 1-year bowl ban So, in effect, USC is "accepting" a one-year bowl ban and a reduction of fifteen scholarships. All of which just begs the question, why in the hell didn't they just self-impose this in the first place? Sometimes I wonder just how much of the issue in Heritage Hall is arrogance and corruption, and how much is just plain damn incompetence. The smart money on the over / under on the amount of time the Infractions Appeal Committee takes to deny the appeal? Somewhere in the neighborhood of four seconds.