"She's a witch!"
"Burn her!"
Ok, so maybe it's not a witch hunt, but the OP has made an interesting observation.
As much as I enjoy watching USC get burned with Lame Kitten there, none of this is fair to him and the USC program. I ran across this article that better articulates my opinion: http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/jason-whitlock-expose-ncaa-not-reggie-bush-072210. In short, I believe that the football programs should not be under scrutiny--the NCAA itself should be for how they use the student athletes to fill their own coffers.