Quote Originally Posted by Dawgbite View Post
On ESPNs Pony Excess, didn't somebody say that the NCAA will never issue the death penalty because of how long SMU has been affected. May have just been somebody speculating.
The eventual outcome from the SMU Death Penalty was the breakup of the Southwest Conference. No one wants the same thing with the SEC. If Ole Miss were given the death penalty, they would be forced out of the conference and a replacement found. Scheduling would be disrupted, revenue would be disrupted, and State would be the only Mississippi SEC school (which would be absolutely not allowable by the state political establishment, currently dominated by Ole Miss alumni).