Who gives a shit how they try to spin it? In fact, I hope they all play the victim, including the Administration, AD, coaching staff and anyone and everyone even remotely affiliated with the university. Wasn't it the same day that the COI was announced, when Harbaugh immediately shot his mouth off about being totally and completely innocent? Wasn't it like the very next day that the NCAA slapped Jimbo with a 5 year show cause to shut his mouth right the fuck up?
Let them play the victim, let them come out and bitch about the NCAA blind siding them or being unethical in any way, and see what the NCAA's reaction might be......