I don't know how you make the case that the upper levels of university and athletic department officials at Ohio State weren't aware of this, and haven't been for some time. It was ignored until it couldn't be.
In that vein, I don't see how they can throw Meyer under the bus for that cause without implicating themselves of the same offense. So we gin-up a whitewash committee for insulation, and to buy time for Trump or a Kardashian to wash this off the front page.
There will be protests outside the stadium when the season starts, but it appears that support for Meyer in Ohio is very strong. That will outlast the outrage.