HJS {l Wrote}:On an aside... I am genuinely surprised the way both Michigan and FSU quit this year. I hope this leaves a lasting, reputation-damaging stain on both inflated programs.
FSU, I sort of understand. The Athletic Department is 30 or 40 million in the hole to begin with, hosting an attendee-less football game is apparently a big money loser as is traveling to play in front of zero fans. Plus they suck with the power of 1,000,000 million Hoovers and their existence on Clemson or Notre Dame's schedule is a net negative for SoS, so I wouldn't be surprised if the conference was fine with them shutting it down once they had Notre Dame and Clemson positioned for two slots in the CFP.
Michigan is different. They are as wealthy an Athletic Department as exists in college sports They apparently spearheaded the effort to kill the season and then caved when tOSU threatened them. Once the season started they sucked ass and then pulled the plug in a manner that has jeopardized tOSU's ability to make the playoffs--costing the conference money. Plus, there are no bigger collection of douchebags on the planet than Michigan sports fans--both alums and Walmart Wolverines are the absolute worst, edging tOSU fans by a nose. The rest of that conference needs to gang up on Michigan and strip it of any influence in the league office going forward.