[yield 2 the right]

A hard slap on the wrist; FWIW.

[orlop9]

yep, and it took long enough.
Roll Tide

[Drango]

A hard slap on the wrist

Yes and no...Banning from a bowl game doesn't seem like much but HS students considering USC will not take to that very favorably and thus it dampens the recruiting effort. and make no mistake, USC is a juggernaut when it comes to recruiting.

[yield 2 the right]

At least no TV-Broadcast Ban for USC. that would have been the big shocker!

[Drango]

Here is what the Seattle Times says...”The USC athletic department was hit Thursday with some of the most severe penalties in the history of the Pac-10, if not college athletics”

They are not calling it a slap on the wrist...