[NU Sports] Ohio State sanctions due at 2PM CT today

[Mike Nolan]

> Rumors are the report will be given to the press an hour before the press
> conference but they will be asked not to divulge the contents.  Expect to
> get the complete rundown at 1:01PM CT via twitter.

Yeah, a news embargo doesn't mean what it used to (and it didn't mean that
much!)

> All along, most expect the NCAA's sanctions to be in line with those
> self-imposed by OSU and I tend to agree; they may get docked with an
> additional scholarship or something of that order but I wouldn't expect a
> bowl ban or anything worse.  (And, it's not like a bowl ban in itself is
> that bad: just look at USC who would have won the Pac-12 south this year if
> not for that ban and will likely be the division front-runner for next
> season even if Barkley heads to the NFL, though their more significant
> scholarship reductions are yet to be felt).

As I recall, not many expected the USC sanctions to be as harsh as they
were, either.  The NCAA Rules committee has been rather unpredictable.

Ohio State has cast Jim Tressell as the villain in this melodrama, but
will the NCAA be content to play the role of the faithful friend? 
--
Mike Nolan