The AD released a letter earlier this week stating that UT would self-impose sanctions, but that it would not include missing a bowl game.
Vols won't impose bowl ban, await NCAA ruling
Sources told ESPN that the university does plan to self-impose penalties other than a postseason ban such as a reduction in scholarships and other recruiting restrictions.
Nothing is official yet, but I take this as a good sign that the NCAA won't add anything. Fingers crossed....
I'm not certain why you would interpret anything as "a good sign that the NCAA won't add anything." Schools self-impose penalties all the time. That's never proved as a reliable indicator of how the NCAA will react. The failure to impose a postseason ban may actually make the NCAA view these as lax penalties.