ESPN's reporting a 2 year bowl ban (), loss of scholarships (not out yet, I've heard 20 over 3 years which is big) and forfeitures (who cares really.)

That's pretty rough, and I say that as a fan of a team that excels at cheating.

In the end the scholarships are the biggest deal, long term wise, and 20 over 3 years, if that's true, is a bigger deal than what it sounds like. It takes a while to recover from that and rebuild depth.

I could have put this on the college football thread but this probably deserves its own for how bad the penalty is and how big USC is.