The Latest On Jim Harbaugh's Potential Suspension
Even though Jim Harbaugh wasn't able to discuss a potential suspension during Big Ten Media Days, it as at the top of the notepad for most of the attending media personalities. Recently, college football expert Bruce Feldman, discussed what exactly is going on with Harbaugh and the potential suspension on The Rich Eisen Show.
“We’re expecting a four-game suspension,” Feldman said. “At one point when I had talked to folks into the winter they thought there was a chance it could be six games.”
Harbaugh toed the company line in Indianapolis saying that he wasn't allowed to talk about any of the impending penalties. Ironically, it might've been Harbaugh's tight lips that got him into more trouble in the first place.
“I think it was because they felt like whether he had lied or misled to the NCAA, however the NCAA’s view of this. This is the example of it’s more the coverup than the crime kind of thing. And it’s coming off the heels, not connected to, but where Tennessee got a heavy fine,” Feldman said. “Tennessee had massive cheating going on Jeremy Pruitt‘s watch, now Jeremy Pruitt was a terrible coach and lost a ton of games, so they wanted to get rid of him anyway and try to get out of their buyouts.”
The Tennessee stuff really is hilarious. They were breaking every rule in the book and Pruitt probably wouldn't have gotten much more of a punishment than Harbaugh is going to. Just because they were honest about it? That seems really backwards.
“Tennessee was really forthcoming under that and the NCAA likes when you come forward," Feldman explained. "The NCAA hated that Mike Garrett and USC kind of thumbed their noses at the NCAA back in the Reggie Bush days. And so I think the fact that, 'Oh, you weren’t forthcoming.' And just kind of hat in hand as the way it’s been described to me that that’s where this kind of falls in.”
Feldman went on to say that even if Harbaugh is suspended, it likely won't affect much, as we've stated several times. With home games against ECU, UNLV, Bowling Green and Rutgers, a 4-0 start is all but guaranteed, even if Harbaugh is watching from his couch.
