They will get hit with something, the question is if it's a slap on the wrist (likely), death sentence (unlikely), or something in between (also likely).
It depends on the rest of the B1G imo. How much blood are they out for and willing to make a stink about it?
I worry that Harbaugh leaving will take a lot of the anger out of the situation.
Fair enough. I'm saying that "nothing" is the same as a slap on the wrist. I mean, a gang of bad guys rob a bank. The leader leaves and joins another gang of bad guys. You still go after those guys, right? Maybe not death sentence, but you make them give the money back and have them serve some time. You don't just say, "Yeah, keep the money. Without your leader, we know you're cool, now."
What drives me nuts is that we knew they were robbing banks. We knew they were coming. The Big Ten knew they were coming, and then they robbed from the Big Ten. All the Big Ten had to do was say, "You can't come in," and they wouldn't have been robbed. The playoffs could have stopped them. The NCAA I guess has a rule that says they can't do anything, but I'm convinced the NCAA doesn't want to do anything. And it pisses me off the most that Ohio State could have saved the day, and then didn't.
M*ch*gan might have to vacate some wins.
There will be no post-season ban.
There will be no vacating of championships from 2023 (conference or national). They might have to vacate 2021-2022 conference championships.
Coaches might get some show-cause penalties, but only the ones who are in the NFL. The ones who stay at the college level will not get penalized.
Players will not get penalized in any way.
Connor Stalions will fade away and not be punished or heard from again.
Central Michigan will not be punished. The Big Ten teams won't even block them from their schedules.
I hope I'm eating crow in the next few months.