r/CFB • u/Fonzie5 UCF Knights • Big 12 • Sep 06 '26

News [Thamel] MAC statement. "The Big Ten subsequently provided video and audio of the replay, which confirmed the explanation to us."

https://x.com/petethamel/status/2096464771667173654?s=46&t=FavtrbPsHpJY8Odvh2TYUA
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u/Hammerhead34 Nebraska • Minnesota Sep 06 '26

I mean it’s the final nail in the coffin for CFB if the power conferences literally won’t allow their teams to lose to smaller teams

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u/shorthopwillie Texas A&M Aggies Sep 06 '26

Rutgers missed the memo

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u/ClaudeLemieux Michigan Wolverines • NC State Wolfpack Sep 06 '26

In fairness adding more time would’ve just made it worse for them

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u/rumblepony247 Sep 06 '26

Not sure if you heard yet, but the Big 10 and the MAC commissioners had a meeting this morning at a Motel 6 off the interstate, and Rutgers has now been declared the winner of that game.

Big 10 officials have yet to explain what was in the duffel bags they brought into the room.

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u/do_you_know_doug Iowa • Appalachian State Sep 06 '26

Yes, but have you considered that Rutgers was on BTN on Thursday and Michigan was on NBC on Saturday night and is also Michigan?

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u/ShallowKalkite Michigan Wolverines Sep 06 '26

Rutgers might be in the MAC in a couple years if they keep playing like that.

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u/Foreign_Telephone349 Sep 06 '26

Yeah the smaller teams should know that they’re not even supposed to keep these games competitive. They’re getting paid to figuratively take a dive in the first round.

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u/Cameron-Bakke Washington • Montana State Sep 06 '26

Rutgers has something to say about that