From: invalid@freemail.com   
      
   The NOTBCS Guy  wrote in   
   news:61f49a0c-3448-4ad6-bd2c-360ff909444an@googlegroups.com:   
      
   > I am pretty sure the committee has already said, "No, we won't - it's   
   > the Big Ten's and the NCAA's problem, not ours."   
   >   
   > The only ways I can see the CFP getting involved is if either:   
   > (a) Michigan is hit with a postseason ban just before the playoffs, in   
   > which case, the CFP has to scramble to find a replacement (which is   
   > one reason I don't see this happening in the first place), or (b)   
   > Michigan wins the CFP championship but, for some reason, has to vacate   
   > the championship game win, in which case, the CFP could strip Michigan   
   > of its championship. Note that, going by a strict reading of the NCAA   
   > Bylaws, the CFP cannot demand that the players give back their   
   > championship rings, since, technically, the CFP wasn't authorized to   
   > give them out in the first place (one of the problems of the   
   > championship game technically not being a "bowl game"). In theory, it   
   > could demand that Michigan give back the trophy, under penalty of not   
   > being eligible to be ranked (in other words, a de facto indefinite   
   > playoff ban) until it does.   
      
   The team as a whole should not be penalized.   
      
   Fire Harbaugh and the AD because there is no way they didn't know it was   
   happening and were stupid enough to get caught.   
      
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