There is a very messy situation at Minnesota right now. Earlier this week 10 players were suspended from their football team indefinitely for issues related to a Title IX investigation related to an earlier sexual assault investigation. Today it was announced that several other players are threatening to boycott the bowl game as a result of the suspensions. Without going into further detail it is not a clear situation on either side.
Still, there is a bowl game to be played and it is looking like Minnesota may not show up. So what happens? How about a unique situation where the Big Ten still sends a team to play Washington State, but it rewards some players who had good individual seasons even if their teams did not.