[fballfan10]

[quote author=Farm93 link=topic=10563.msg97650#msg97650 date=1410297028]I believe this kind of arrogance hurt them with the NCAA

There's no reason to only believe it, it's been widely reported that the arrogant stonewalling directly lead to the wildly disproportionate sanctions. If you want I can try to find a citation for you, but Ted Miller has mentioned this many times in the past few years.
[/quote]

http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/...12-week-14

http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/...t-deserved

Additionally, the PIR itself even includes the following statements.
"In this case, USC had a thorough rules education program." (page 3)
"The committee determined that the cooperation exhibited by the institution met its obligation under Bylaws 19.01.3.3 and 32.1.4." (page 56)

[fballfan10]

[quote author=Farm93 link=topic=10563.msg97650#msg97650 date=1410297028]I believe this kind of arrogance hurt them with the NCAA

There's no reason to only believe it, it's been widely reported that the arrogant stonewalling directly lead to the wildly disproportionate sanctions. If you want I can try to find a citation for you, but Ted Miller has mentioned this many times in the past few years.
[/quote]

http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/...12-week-14

http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/...t-deserved

Additionally, the PIR itself even includes the following statements.
"In this case, USC had a thorough rules education program." (page 3)
"The committee determined that the cooperation exhibited by the institution met its obligation under Bylaws 19.01.3.3 and 32.1.4." (page 56)