Morning Journal
THE BIG TEN
Jason Lloyd, Morning Journal Writer
10/12/2007
1. For those of you who felt ESPN was on a witch hunt in its pursuit of Jim Tressel and Ohio State a few years ago, Yahoo! is helping the NCAA close in on USC. Yahoo! reported this week that a sports marketer in Los Angeles will give the NCAA financial records indicating Reggie Bush and his family received about $280,000 in benefits while he was enrolled at USC.
2. If it's proven Bush received improper benefits, USC could be forced to forfeit games. How that affects its 2004 national championship remains to be seen. The school could face more sanctions if it's proven that the coaches knew or should have known about the benefits.
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