So, let me get this straight - Michigan has 3 staff members fired, a head coach suspended for 6 games (for cheating), and the committee allows them in the CFP, but, FSU is out because their QB is hurt??? What a world.
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Michigan/FSU
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What if UMich, Wash, Texas or ‘Bama gets a player hurt in practice or becomes ineligible or arrested or goes portal in Dec…..will they re-rank the teams?
Georgia should get in in place of ‘Bama because their top two receivers were injured otherwise they “obviously” would have beaten ‘Bama!
TOSU loss to UMich by 3 on the road was a “better” loss than ‘Bama’s loss by 10 to Texas at home. ‘Bama got in only because there “had” to be an SEC team.
POLITICS!
All you have to know is what happened in 2016 to understand the decision made this year for the bogus “CFB Playoffs.” That set the precedent for them to do what they did. It all has to do with the power the SEC and to a lesser extent the B10 has over CFB. It was with the blessing of the B10 that OSU got the slot in 2016, even though they lost to the team that won the B10 championship.
Sad situation. NCAA should have at least sent them notice and given them 90 days to respond. The media acts like this situation went away....it didn't. The hammer will fall, but sadly, it is too late for FSU.
The only way there will be a "hammer" is if Harbaugh is still the Michigan coach. The penalty is going to be to Jim though. I could see the NCAA trying to suspend him for the first 6 games next year. If Jim goes to the NFL though this goes away because all along it was all about pushing Harbaugh out. Its just personal.
He can just go visit the Pope again and give him a new helmet and it'll all go away.
Michigan should be ineligible for cheating. Slide FSU into that slot and everyone is happy even though Georgia and OSU are better. BUT the silver lining is FSU gets to beat the crap out of Georgia in a bowl game thus proving the committee wrong.
It's all total nonsense. FSU was ranked 4th in the previous CFP Poll; they didn't have their starting QB then either. It only became a 'thing' after Bama beat Georgia. Noting they are still probably screwed if Georgia wins since they would stay #1. Or maybe Texas gets the boot since they can claim all teams in the CFP are undefeated. Texas in with a loss paves the way for Bama.
The rot runs through the entire Michigan coaching staff. Don't expect rational people to believe that the coordinators, position coaches, players, et al. thought that Harbaugh dreamt up opponents' signals and thus magically knew how to outcoach those other teams. The biggest evidence (aside from Michigan's "everyone is doing this" Charmin defense) is Michigan getting waxed by TCU - a team that the Wolverines did not expect and thus did not have film on.
This situation and Burger-gate shows a loss of institutional control at Michigan. If the NCAA hopes to claw back ANY of its authority, they need to smack Michigan hard.
Delany is gone and no one is protecting Jim Bob anymore.
And finally...LAW AND ORDER!
Big Ten commish Delany not bothered by Jim Harbaugh's camps
Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said today that Harbaugh's blitz 'really doesn't bother me.'
www.freep.com
Jim Harbaugh gives helmet, maize and blue shoes to Pope Francis
The special helmet included a special yellow sticker with the No.266 — because this is the 266th pope.
www.freep.com
And finally...LAW AND ORDER!
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No, because my expectations for appropriate action are near nil. The NCAA crapped the bed against us, then failed to flex on UNC's phantom classes. They could swallow little blue pills morning, noon, and night and still be impotent. Add in that the violator is Michigan (one of the NCAA's sacred cows) and I'm surprised the NCAA is making ANY noise about the sign-stealing.
Nothing changes, just the narrative .Everything is jury rigged. Pitt has 9 national championships.. lol
I think that had UGa won, the committee would have taken the 4 undefeated conference champions, that means FSU would have been in. Bama winning derailed those plans. The CFP wanted the SEC champ, but they couldn’t take Bama without taking Texas because we were told all along that head to head matters. Throw in that Travis was injured, and the CFP had an out.
Before the Conference Championship games, Texas was #7. Florida State WITH THE BACKUP QB was #4. Then they both win their championship games against mid-ranked opponents and Texas jumps 4 spots and FSU falls back a spot? That is unbelievable.
Clearly Alabama beating Georgia greatly increased the importance Texas’ win over Alabama.
Or, put another way, they make up excuses to do what they want to do.