They didnt get the "Death Penalty" in terms of not allowing them to cease football games all together...There hurt more in the sense that they have a 4 year Bowl ban coming down from the NCAA as well as the Big 10 Conference. And they lost recruiting ability with the scandal as well as the fact that many players transferred to different schools without penalty.
See Wiki...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_p...otball.2C_2012
So really it's like there just playing football, To play football. Right now for them its all about pride.