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Stats? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Stats!

Now that I have my random 1940s movie reference out of the way, on to the pressing issue.

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The NCAA has ruled that if you play 2.9 quarters of football, the score will count but the stats won't. No, really.

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College football's governing body says it will not recognize any stats from Michigan's rain-shortened 34-10 victory over Western Michigan in Week 1. Michigan gets a win and WMU gets a loss, but as far as the NCAA is concerned nothing else matters from that game. 

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Brandon Herron's 94-yard interception return? Gone. His fumble return for a touchdown later in the game? Never happened.

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In a weird move however, the NCAA is going to let the two universities keep the stats for their school records. So, Herron's interception still stands as a Michigan record, but it can't be friends with all of the NCAA's record interception returns.

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This is pretty stupid, honestly. If it counts for one, it should count for the other.