From: darkstar7646@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 12:24:51 PM UTC-8, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:   
   > 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 Big Ten is a signatory.  They're part of this process.   
      
   The one reason I may be forced to agree with you is the Ohio State tattoo   
   scandal, and that the games weren't changed as a result.  (Michigan State   
   would've gone to the Rose instead of Wisconsin that year, Wisconsin probably   
   then replaces Ohio State in    
   the Sugar.)   
      
   > 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    
      
   No, you just put #5 in.  Then it's highest seed vs. 5 and the other two. You   
   just take Michigan out of the situation.  Not difficult at all.   
      
   > (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.   
      
   I think, if we get that far, they won't have to worry -- they will be banned   
   for quite a while.  I could easily see the entire Harbaugh Era wiped and a   
   long bowl ban.   
      
   This is one of the reasons I thought the refs might step in today (easier   
   today than in two weeks at the Big House).   
      
   At this point, Michigan's theory is the Stalker's Paradox:  "If I can't have   
   it, no one will."   
      
   Mike   
      
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