NCAA president says Michigan earned football national title 'fair and square'

NCAA President, who has no power over the CFP, is resigned to accept the outcome of the CFP. 

Baker said he did not know what those penalties might be or when they would arrive. He said the NCAA infractions team is working on finding ways to move faster with its process. In the sign-stealing case, Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti had to employ a controversial interpretation of the league's sportsmanship policy to levy any punishment during the season in which alleged violation occurred.

"We do have a series of discussions going on with the infractions folks about whether or not we can't do something to speed up the pace of our investigations," Baker said. "Certainly in a case like this, we'd like to be able to move a lot more quickly."

Baker said he hopes the investigation will pick up speed now that the season is over and the Michigan coaching staff will be more readily available to speak to investigators.

Please pass along to Mike Valenti and Rico Beard

RCMB is already having a fit. I checked

Let the scarlet and gray weeping and gnashing of teeth commence. This is the worst possible news for 11W.

I believe the hidden message is “Sorry Ohio State fans.  We literally threw everything we had at them and they still won.  They earned that $&@!”

Emergency big ten coaches meeting at 9pm per Allen Haller.  Harbaugh not invited. 

That is interesting because the BIG commissioner said we were cheating and suspended our head coach for the most important stretch of the regular season jeopardizing our quest for the national championship that we won fair and square. When is that asshat going to resign? 

I'd say our Chicken farmer is having a pretty good year so far! That is good because he can't leave or the chickens will all die (sorry, paraphrasing Stripes reference that I love).

As Bob Seger would say, “I was reading in an ‘NCAA’ magazine today where they said Michigan has the best team in football team and deserved the title fair and square. I thought to myself, shit, I’ve known that all season.”

“Who cares they will take their title away in a few months anyways” lol

What a fucking joker 

Michigan should sue for the NCAA breaking its own rules

This is a major story. Not to us fans, alums, and mgobloggers. We knew this was a nothing burger from the start. But this is major in the sense now all the haters can choke on this. Hopefully this tampers down their BS but I doubt it. 

RCMB is "imploding" (as they like to say) over this news.

BuT aLL tHe WiNs WiLL bE VaCaTeD !

I wonder if Baker would be releasing this statement if we had lost.  Somehow, I doubt it.  

Oh fuck you. You're saying this now, because the media doesn't have your back anymore, and people are realizing what a screw job this was.

Please tell us more about how the coordinated leaks were actually for our own good.

That’s not really what Baker thinks but he can’t risk denying what 55 million people saw over the last two weeks with their own eyes. So he had to say this. 

Baker and the NCAA‘s true intentions were laid bare by the new rules changes the are proposing for suspensions and show-causes related to level 1 and 2 violations. They want Harbaugh out and they don’t want him back. These rules proposals are really a shot again Michigan’s bow warning of the consequences if we err again. 

I started a recent OP on this with more details and links to the article.

they ain't taking this title away

THEY AIN'T TAKING THESE MEMORIES AWAY

THEY GONNA HAVE TO ANSWER IF THEY WANT TO TAKE THEM AWAY

"At the end of the day, no one believes at this point that Michigan didn't win the national title fair and square."

That's good. He is saying the participants in 11W and RCMB are "no one." 

Hoo boy are the RCMBers unhinged.  I mean, I don't really blame them given the vast and bottomless chasm that exists between our programs.  But still, that level of bitterness is almost impressive.

Typical Michigan State forum post. I just took the latest one from RCMB

you can say they were the best, but the truth is we just don't know. That's the shame when a program cheats at that level. You can't tell if those kids are as good as they look, and you can't trust any of the results

Michigan' just beat Penn State, Maryland, Ohio State, Iowa, Alabama, and Washington and Michigan is rated number 1 in every power rating that matters.  But this guy is still on the fence. Those signs against East Carolina and Minnesota were real game changers I guess.

The average sports fan should be turned in Soylent Green.

So many at 11W clinging to the wording of "at the end of the year" as if it implies that only the year end games are legit. 

I could be wrong, but in context it seems idiomatic. Like "at the end of the day," or "when all's said and done," which actually suggests "on the whole." Really flimsy wording to stake your hopes on. 

We all knew it was overblown, we all knew other teams were accusing us of doing the same damn things they do.  It was a hit job intended to derail a team they knew they couldn't beat again.

the NCAA probably knows that sign stealing is a nothing burger