ESPN college football reporter Bruce Feldman reports via Twitter late Wednesday:
USC has been hit with a two-year post-season ban in addition to the loss of scholarships, among other penalties from the NCAA.
ESPN.com’s Shelly Smith added of the NCAA sanctions:
The USC football program will receive two-year postseason ban, a reduction in scholarships and a forfeiture of wins from at least the 2004 season when the NCAA releases it sanctions on Thursday.
A USC administration source also told me late Wednesday that the school will not hold a press conference Thursday to respond to forthcoming NCAA sanctions. Instead, expect press releases and video statements from USC administrators in the coming days.
Meanwhile, Bryan Fischer of USC’s Rivals football site USCFootball.com reported:
USC sources said they were surprised at the severity and length of penalties. USC’s president is on the East Coast, the Provost is in Europe and the SID is headed on vacation. (The response) will be a written statement tomorrow. USC will have 15 days to give the NCAA notice that they are appealing the decision.
Fischer later added that the SID’s break had been previously planned for 4 months.
Following the ESPN and Rivals reports, Gary Klein of the LOS ANGELES TIMES had more specifics on USC’s situation:
A two-year bowl ban and a loss of more than 20 football scholarships are among the sanctions that the NCAA has dealt USC, a source with knowledge of the situation said Wednesday.
Limited recruiting contacts, probation and forfeiture of victories are also among the penalties regarded as possibly in play.
USC sources, who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about the situation publicly, said they were bracing for the worst. One said the school probably would utilize an appeal process.
Asked if the sanctions were appropriate, a source said, “It depends how you look at it. It is if you’re a UCLA fan.”
11:37 pm on June 9th, 2010
Not even a little bruise after that hand slap. I mean, what did Louisiana Monroe and SMU do to deserve the death penalty. Can these two schools sue the NCAA for the injustice done to their program if the infractios were similar.
12:01 am on June 10th, 2010
That’s chicken-bleep. Mike Garrett doing taped video statements, handing out press releases and their SID is going on vacay?
What a joke of an athletic administration.
6:25 am on June 10th, 2010
“and forfeiture of victories”
You can’t forfeit a game that has been completed. Vacate; but not forfeit.
6:51 am on June 10th, 2010
USC Deserves everything they get. That is what you get for cheating. Why do you think Joe McKnight went pro last year? He was gonna get blasted too for dring a Marketing Rep’s SUV around.
6:58 am on June 10th, 2010
USC cheats? Awesome to finally get some truth here.
7:30 am on June 10th, 2010
Taste it USC
8:20 am on June 10th, 2010
Cal may actually make a BCS bowl now…
9:12 am on June 10th, 2010
NO SOUP FOR YOU
9:24 am on June 10th, 2010
Stanford in the Rose Bowl
10:09 am on June 10th, 2010
They won’t have to vacate a win from the ‘05 BCS game though, since Mack nailed Pete’s sack to the wall.
HOOK’EM!
10:19 am on June 10th, 2010
Why has it taken the NCAA 6 years to do this ?
10:20 am on June 10th, 2010
Now , if the heisman committee would strip Reggie Bush of his heisman. A pro should not be allowed to win it.
10:28 am on June 10th, 2010
Take that Lane Kiffin! Karma is a bitch.
12:50 pm on June 10th, 2010
There has to be more to this than Reggie Bush’s family getting styled out after he already went to USC….and the basketball stuff was certainly bad but that is hoops. Wonder what we are going to see behind the curtain when the report is released? Guessing a lot of things so warrant a 2 year ban.
1:04 pm on June 10th, 2010
to “beagamer”………….. AMEN!!!! I live here in Southern Calif. and have been sick at how they worshipped Carroll. Now I am waiting for Reggie Bush to get his…
1:08 pm on June 10th, 2010
They deserve anything and everything they get and more. Pete Carroll is a shmuck for leaving and should probably be fined or banned somehow some way as well. Hiding behind the NFL is no way to handle such a situation Pete. You just showed the World what kind of man you really are.
1:34 pm on June 10th, 2010
At least I can form proper sentences and spell correctly. Schmuck.