USC Expecting An NCAA Ruling Soon

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The Charleston Post & Courier reports that the NCAA could rule as early as today with regards to The Whitney Hotel situation in Columbia.

According to the paper, “minor suspensions, one or two games, are the expectation.”  Those might be minor in length, but not in importance.  Carolina opens the season Thursday against a solid Southern Miss squad before facing Georgia in their SEC opener.

Considering USC’s history of stretch-run fades, a slow start wouldn’t bode well for the Gamecocks.

The players expected to receive the harshest penalties — according to The State – are tight end Weslye Saunders (no surprise there) and defensive backs Akeem Auguste and CC Whitlock.

Carolina coaches have begun preparing for the possibility that Saunders will be ruled ineligible for the entire season.  Saunders was the Cocks’ third-leading receiver last year, but he’s never quite lived up to the hype that surrounds him.  On the field, anyway.