The Buckeye Battle Cry concludes: NCAA excessively punished USC.

It's always interesting to read what others outside of the USC family thinks about the NCAA's case, especially when their own program is squarely in the sights of the NCAA.  The Buckeye Battle Cry, a fan site, took the time to look through many current and recent major NCAA investigations of USC, Tennessee, Ohio State, Boise State, North Carolina and Georgia, and is worth skimming through.

"For the most part, Southern Cal makes a fantastic case. In the vast majority of the allegations they denied, the NCAA clearly had a weak case – often based solely on the comments of a single source who was anything but unimpeachable. USC drives the point home that the NCAA has failed to meet their own requirements for evidence, referencing previous NCAA investigations into other programs to prove their point."

 You can always tell which fan has read through at least part of the materials involved with the case, by their opinion.  If they haven't bothered to read anything, they insist USC cheated; if they did read at least portions of it, they come to believe USC was railroaded

I can imagine years from now, USC's fight will become a popular case study, highlighting what went wrong with the NCAA's Committee on Infractions and the Appeals Committee, and further out, it will hold a special hate relationship in the hearts of Trojans on par with ND and UCLA.