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Subject: Re: Time for another of my Crazy Contingency Plans...
From: Eric Ramon <ramon.eric@gmail.com>
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On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 6:18:27 PM UTC-8, JGibson wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 3:45:38 PM UTC-5, Eric Ramon wrote:=20
> > On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 12:21:54 PM UTC-8, The NOTBCS Guy wr=
ote:=20
> > > The CFP has announced the procedure for what to do if one or more tea=
ms cannot field a team in time for a playoff game:=20
> > > 1. The semi-finals cannot be moved; if one team cannot play, the othe=
r wins by forfeit.=20
> > > 2. If, in either semi-final, both teams cannot play, the other semi-f=
inal becomes the de facto CFP Championship Game; there is no plan to move t=
hat game to Indianapolis or play it on 1/10.=20
> > > 3. If three of the four semi-final teams cannot play, the survivor is=
 automatically the CFP Champion.=20
> > > 4. If two teams make it to the championship game, but one or both tea=
ms have subsequent COVID-19 problems, the game can be delayed until Friday =
1/14; if the game cannot be played by then, then the team that can field a =
team is declared the winner by forfeit.=20
> > > 5. If either all four semi-finalists cannot field teams, or both fina=
lists cannot field teams by 1/14, then no champion will be named.=20
> > >=20
> > > But here's the Crazy Contingency part of this: there is no requiremen=
t that either the AFCA poll or the AP poll names the CFP Champion as its na=
tional champion. Suppose Alabama has to forfeit to Cincinnati, and Georgia =
manages to beat both Michigan and Cincinnati; who do they name as the natio=
nal champion, keeping in mind that Alabama beat Georgia? How about if, some=
how, (a) Georgia, (b) Michigan, or (c) Cincinnati wins both games by forfei=
t - what then?=20
> > I suspect there would be no final determination by the Coaches or AP.
> Why not? They do a poll after the CFP as it is.

based on play. I know they *could*. It'd be a crazy thing.