Michigan Didn't Do This. The Big Ten Did.

he MAC has filed formal appeals with the NCAA FBS Oversight Committee and the College Football Playoff asking that Western Michigan be recognized as the winner. Mike Pereira says the ruling was right on the video but wrong on protocol. Josh Pate says he can't find an official who agrees with the Big Ten. And somehow Michigan is the one taking the arrows.

Michigan didn't put the second on the clock. Michigan didn't lobby for it. The Big Ten made the ruling, broke its own officiating philosophy doing it, and three days later still hasn't released the clock feed or the video it used. That's the story.

Full breakdown of the ruling, the statements, what it cost Western Michigan, and why this precedent comes back to bite the Big Ten the next time one of its teams plays in SEC territory.

0:00 Why I didn't want to make this video
1:04 The replay feed the Big Ten only uses on Fridays
1:31 The Big Ten's full ruling
2:16 NBC and Terry McCauley respond
2:45 Mike Pereira: right call, wrong protocol
3:35 What happens when Michigan's on the other side of it
4:31 Josh Pate and the national reaction
5:08 What this cost Western Michigan
5:54 Michigan could have survived the loss
6:37 Why Michigan is the one wearing it
8:32 Michigan fans defending it doesn't help
9:05 The Oregon-Ohio State precedent
9:59 Underwood, Whittingham and Buchanan
10:27 Who I actually blame
11:02 Three days later, still no video
12:25 The MAC's full statement
13:52 The MAC wants the money
15:10 Michigan can't win this one
16:07 Oklahoma is next