Right now, I am convinced self imposed is all they will get. Heat of the moment, but that is the perfect MSU ending to it all.
This is why the loss tonight hurts. If they lost tonight, they would have been 5-7 and not bowl eligible. No way the NCAA lets them count a year when they weren't even eligible as their only bowl ban year. They would have gotten a second year bowl ban. This results in all of their players being able to transfer without penalty and a whole bunch of them leave.
It is probably why the NCAA was waiting until after this game to announce the sanctions.
Now, the bowl ban for this year really does keep them out of a bowl, so they probably won't now get a 2nd year.
We had it in our power to put the nail in the coffin and we let it get away. They may get additional sanctions but tonight, in my opinion, removed the 2nd year bowl ban/ free unlimited transfer thing from the table.
That really hurts.