though I do see the argument could be made that Oregon kicked him off their football team, (I don't think the NCAA specifically punished him in lieu of Oregon), and so Ole Miss shouldn't be subject to decisions made by the Oregon administration. Perhaps Ole Miss will use this argument in their appeal.

I still side with the NCAA that he is using a loophole to avoid any punishment. The fact that other athletes have in the past used the loophole to the same effect doesn't make it right. It is just unfortunate for Masoli that he is high-profile enough that the NCAA paid attention this time. As far as wrong place wrong time ...

... perhaps. I did read the SI article involving it. I still side with the NCAA. You can say he's a good kid who got stuck in a bad situation and then made it worse by initially lying to the police, but he's now been stuck in bad situations 3 times (the high school robbery, college robbery and the traffic stop), I mean ...

Also, there didn't seem to be any definitive proof that he wasn't involved in anyway. It is mostly his word against his word in court. ::shrugs::