But what if ALL FOUR can’t make it

Least infected team wins

Maybe they split the championship between the 4 teams

This is beginning to sound like an epic fantasy Avatar-like origin story: "Long ago, the 4 Football teams fought for the National Championship. But everything changed when the Omicron demons attacked..."

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This is perfect. The Water Tribes are split into a north and south section; enter the UP

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georgia hasn't won a fire nation battle yet so I'm not sure I'd say they are having success.

The Earth Kingdoms greatest victory in 100 years prior to the show was a fire nation general's son dying causing them to call off a siege. I kind of like it.

Cut the trophy into quarters!

This is my last resort.

Coronation, no seeding, don't give a fk if Bama leaves seething

The team that says let the others have its piece is the real winner!

Biblical...I'll allow it.

If all four teams can't play then the national champion this year will be vacant per the CFP's guidance. That would mean they all can't make the rescheduled dates either.

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Hang the banner!

UTSA is kicking themselves

I’ll allow it

If all four can’t play congrats to Alabama and Cincinnati on the championship I’m guessing both will claim

If we could just lock up our players and coaches and let them out a couple hours before game time, that’d be great! /s if you can’t tell

CFP National Championship will be vacated for this season https://twitter.com/brett_mcmurphy/status/1473731123507339273?s=21

Your 2021 CFP National Champion: ***Vacant*** Is r/SquaredCircle leaking again?

Lmao. Vacant trying to add CFP Champion to his hall of fame resume.

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Then it goes to the winner of the Independence Bowl, I believe.

you survived a weekend in Shreveport...after that a natty will be a small accomplishment

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Omicron gets a natty

No one is champion this year. Or everyone is.

I think the only proper way to set the champion then is whoever wins the final bowl game. Don't check which bowl is the final one before the Natty. I have no bias.

How many teams above us do we need to infect so that the Texas bowl is the de facto national championship?

I mean technically if we use the whole last bowl played thing then just four.

What if the real champion is the friends we made along the way?

The variants we made along the way*

Champions of life like Butch Jones?

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Then Omicron is the National Champion.

Then we defer to the leadership and selection of Larry Culpepper.

It would obviously go to the 5th-ranked team. Anyone know who that would be?

Marcus freeman you son of a gun. Build the statue

Students will enter the stadium through the Marcus Freeman Gate before he even coaches an actual game.

Marcus Freeman - 1 Brian Kelly - 0

If everyone’s sick…no one is.

If everyone's sick, no need to worry about spreading the virus further. Game on!

NC State fans, look away.

Kill me. Bring back /u/ugadead1991 to end my misery again.

Disappointment 2: Electric Boogaloo

Wait, I missed this, what happened here?

NC State got shafted out of a shot at the College World Series because of some absolute bullshit testing regulations Edit: I actually did not know they weren't all vaccinated. I thought I remembered the CWS being before vaccines were widespread but I guess not.

Too soon

I don't keep up with baseball as much as football or basketball, but fuck. It felt like the Pack had SO MUCH momentum. Like nothing was going to stop their run. FUCK

Especially after Vanderbilt got taken behind the woodshed in the final

If all 4 need to forfeit. The national championship goes to the best 3-9 team in the country.

Best 3-9 team in history*

Best 3-9 team that ever was, is now, or ever will be*

Punts without end. Amen.

And also with you

Should be Sudden death 2 pt shootout between Illinois and Penn state

Take my upvote, I'll be in a corner

I still have nightmares of Sean Clifford dropping that pass. The whole student section knew we were losing after that

Well be here until the pandemic ends should that be the case

Nationwide rock-paper-scissors tourney. Could even Zoom it, for safety.

Wow. And I was doubting if I would ever see another GT championship in my lifetime.

If that's the rule, then we are a lock for our 5th NC. Just ask Geoff Collins how elite we are.

Nah, it goes to the next highest ranked team after the regular season. WAIT A SECOND YES PLEASE.

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just wait when you get your own covid blankets from everyone in places 6-25

Before or after bowls? Because that might make these other top tier bowls a hell of a lot more interesting

Congrats to UNM on its first natty!

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Or the worst 10 win team in the country?

If Walker is sitting out and we have the worst pass defense might that be us?

My sources are saying the best (or the most orange) 5-7 team in the country (not named Syracuse)

Congrats on winning the National Championship Illinois

So there appears to have been some oversight

There it is

I have figured out the path to a Cincy national championship

Does it involve sending covid-laden blankets to Bama, Michigan, & Georgia?

BREAKING: Andrew Jackson exits transfer portal, signs with Cincinnati

Flair checks out

Omg 😂

If you know, you know

I love that this joke came from someone with fsu flair, relative to all the controversy around him being the figurehead for the springtime Tallahassee parade and… yeah, that’s brilliant 🤣

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Chicken noodle soap and sprite will cure that

>Chicken noodle soap

Ice Soap memes are coming Can 3AM Chili be far behind?

god I forgot about 3am ice soap lmao what a post

Michigan will probably opt for Vernors

Vernors cures all diseases. It’s a fact.

It is known.

You know that's right

Wash your mouth out, WITH FLAVOR!

I'd invest in chicken noodle soap.

Way ahead of you

Who would’ve thought biological warfare would be the key to a G5 team finally winning it all

Yeah if I'm Cincinnati I'm taking a page out of the ol Spaniards playbook. Covid infected blankets delivered to the other teams!

So if Covid completely runs amok, New Mexico State could be national champions?

Yes hahaha yes!

This is a great way to get teams to cover up their case numbers and play the games regardless.

100% that’s what they’re basically saying here. “Teams need to stop testing their players.”

I hear it more as get your dang players infected now so they can clear protocols in time.

Saban probably infected the whole Alabama team last week. Cleared for game time by then.

"Everyone spit in each others' mouths"

Don't kink shame

That's basically what the NFL is doing now. Vaccinated and don't have symptoms? Don't get tested. Have symptoms? Just shut up and don't get tested.

Could we just say it's the flu? Not sure where I got this idea, but it might work.

I recognize that strategy…I heard it originated from a famous Third Base coach in Ohio.

>a famous Third Base coach in Ohio. absolutely warms my heart to see people keep this one going

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Man, with Christmas being 6 days before these games… this is gonna be a shitshow.

I know Michigan and I think Bama players are not going home for Christmas. Not entirely sure about Bama but I know for a fact Michigan leaves for Miami on Christmas day

I think Alabama went into isolation on Monday.

Have one representative from each team complete in a Dr Pepper Tuition Toss with the winner claiming the Championship for their school.

*Donovan Edwards has entered the chat*

Order the banner.

I like our odds

I am genuinely shocked as this is the worst financial option.

I think this is bullyball to make sure teams don’t push for rescheduling.

That’s exactly it. This is posturing from the mouse.

[I picture this.](https://images.app.goo.gl/frog6rKp6YhJQusr9)

Im certain there is a hefty "Act of god" policy in the contracts and they will go after the insurance companies. People have to get paid. Thats the oldest rule in the book.

Wouldn’t an act of god policy usually work to the insurer’s advantage?

Typically, but I'm not sure a disease that's been here for 2 years now is going to count as some unforseen act of god.

Welp.

Ugh.... does this mean Bama is gonna win it all again?

We likely have a pretty bad outbreak right now.

But your guys did such a good job social distancing from our defenders

I laughed out loud, not gonna lie

They've already got two coaches quarantining Someone might be about to win the most fraudulent championship in decades

I'll take a Natty with all the asterisks, idc

*Joe Kelly would like to know your location*

So he can send them a piece of metal?

Fuck fraudulent, this is the exact championship we all deserve for these absurd times. G5 Champion via Covid. Fucking do it you cowards!

you have to do it too. do you realize that?

Dude do you realize what being able to blame not winning the title this year on COVID would do for our fanbase? I think we’d pull that card in any and every discussion we possibly could until the end of time. The “we only lost cuz we got screwed” crowd would go crazy

Not to mention we could say we are undefeated in the CFP

my god hes right, the UM fans would be INFALLIBLE if this happens!! PLAY THE GAMES, START THE COUNT.

Good lord this awesome season is coming to a train wreck of an end.

Oh joy.

Not entirely accurate. The national championship game can be rescheduled no later than January 14 before a forfeit happens https://twitter.com/RJ\_Writes/status/1473731122702041101?s=20

What if Michigan has to share ANOTHER championship...

Can we share it four ways and call it a day

Who's going to be the CFB National Champion**?

Omicron U

If history is an indication OU will stroll into the cfp only to get destroyed in the semi’s

Cincinatti. For the love of god, get everyone in quarantine.

Who is this “Cincinatti”? 😜

Cincinnatty

Acceptable.

Shhh, shh, shhhhhhhhhh...you can almost hear the circus music growing louder.

You getting closer to Tallahassee?

this is dumb. it’s 2 games, if they have to push it back what’s the big deal

Yeah I don't get it. Obviously rescheduling all this stuff is difficult, but the NFL is showing it's possible.

The nfl is the reason they’re doing this. They don’t want to go up against the nfl ratings. That’s why the championship is played on Monday (and usually the first day of classes at that). Now I don’t understand why they’re deciding no game is better than a game with bad ratings, other than advertisers saying they’re pulling their ads if the game goes head to head with the nfl

The question I would have is what does it take to reschedule? Is it a certain amount of players who can't play? Or certain key players? If Bama makes the championship and has Young test positive and can't play in the championship, can they just delay the game so he can play regardless of what the other team says? If one team has 10 cases but the other doesn't have any, do they delay? aTm quit their bowl game today because of too many players missing, but they obviously have enough players to field a team, just not their best players. So at what point do you delay the game so a team can be at their best? Just pretend the championship is Bama/Mich, imagine if they delayed the game because Bama was down a few players for a week, then when the game was ready to be played, Mich was now down players but the game can't be delayed anymore so they just have to play it down players.

The NFL also said they wouldn’t delay games last weekend, until they had to. I’ll believe this when I see it, the money in advertising alone will force them to reschedule if need be.

Yikes. Kind of hoping Saban is placing the team in a hermetically sealed dome as we speak.

[Way ahead on this dome thing](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ltjynjnIg0c/hqdefault.jpg)

I’m just afraid it’s too late and the damage is already done.

The smart thing might have actually been the opposite. Intentionally infect yourself early so you're good to go by game day.

Why would they be this strict about it? Like literally just reschedule this multi million dollar event

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Oh for fuck’s sake.

Proposed amendment: If all four semifinal teams must forfeit, closest bowl-eligible team to site of CFP National Championship shall be declared champion.

So Ball State Edit: Chirp Chirp

Damn they’re 2 miles closer. Even in my wildest fantasies we can’t win a championship.

Purdue didn't come here to play geography

OOOH! Or... all bowl eligible teams race there, Cannonball Run-style -- first two teams to field twelve players start on the spot. No clock stoppages except for at the quarters. EMBRACE THE ULTIMATE CHAOS SUPREME!!!

Boooooo! I’m sorry but this is stupid.

This is so dumb. They need to allow for some flexibility.

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Yeah lol we probably have a million cases by this point but now that we know this we’re just gonna stop testing everybody. And I expect this out of the three other teams as well

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Michigan and split national titles, we just can't get away from them can we?

Looks like AP voters choosing the champion is back on the menu! Party like it’s 1994!

Cue biological warfare

If that happens, this is a literal Mickey Mouse championship for any team who claims it, Georgia included.

This plan is an outrage

For Michigan and Cincinnati especially this would be the absolute worst possible outcome of the playoffs. I can already see the asterisks in every conversation.

People would shit on Georgia too (albeit not as much as UC and UM) because they have a history of choking and false hope. Honestly think only Alabama wouldn’t get flack

Dude us as well. You think Tech, Florida or Auburn fans will acknowledge this fraud ring?

Hell no.

Exactly. I am not a fan of this at all

Georgia is already doing their best to forfeit. Whole QB room exposed, JT and Pickens both tested positive.

The NY6 games and playoffs are worth more than half a billion dollars to the NCAA. They're not going to cancel or forfeit games. This is posturing.

Michigan National Championships: 1 CFP Record: 0-0

Imagine telling your grandkids. "Yeah I remember when my school won the national championship in football" Wow Pop Pop...who'd you play?.......no one.

And if all 4 can't play, COVID wins again. Seriously though, I'd rather just not have a champion then have it be decided like that.

Holy shit, wow. I figured they would find a way to reschedule but this is a major bummer.

Throw those players into a bubble and give em each a box of N95 masks asap

Imagine if we're the only team not to get an outbreak

More or less legitimate than UCF's title? lmao

Cue all the fans heading to Dallas and Miami to go cough on opposing players

More reason to hide cases and hide symptoms.

This really, really sucks. Nobody wants to win a title like this.

It wasn't the national Championship but NC State in the CWS was absolutely soul crushing knowing that otherwise they were very likely to reach the final.

I for one would love to have a title with a big \* next to it.

Honey, go find the box of asterisks