Okay, I hope this isn't too insensitive. I wanted to say this a few weeks ago but it is all the more applicable now.
OM is like a woman abused by her husband.
Until last Friday they were completely Tammy Wynette-ing the NCAA sanctions and had chosen to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U48VjCJkowE
(Actually HF somewhat favors Tammy. Hmmm!)
Now you have Touhy publicly admitting he is going to put his "head in the sand". Next time he should tell the report "no comment".
There is definitely more going on here. Touhy and Archie are both personally responsible for bringing HF to OM. If the rest goes on record it will be a major black eye for those who were on the "search" committee..