"Everything's impossible until somebody tries it," Russ Kavalhuna said of the MAC's appeal of the Broncos' Hail Mary loss at Michigan.

Western Michigan beat Monmouth before a crowd of more than 24,000 in Kalamazoo on Sept. 12. It was the largest crowd for a WMU home opener since 2017.

Monmouth lost 49-14 to Western Michigan on Saturday night in Kalamazoo. The home team had a controversial loss to Michigan last week.

The MAC had asked the NCAA and College Football Playoff to recognize Western Michigan as the winner for ranking, evaluation and selection purposes, arguing replay officials incorrectly relied on a clock embedded within the replay system rather than the game clock shown on the television broadcast feed.

American Conference has appealed the outcome of the Michigan-Western Michigan game, asking the NCAA and College Football Playoff administrators to recognize the Broncos as the actual winner.

Western Michigan coach Lance Taylor says the Broncos are moving on from the Michigan controversy, but not before one final pointed remark.

Western Michigan released a statement in support of the formal action taken by the Mid-Atlantic Conference on Tuesday.

The MAC filed a formal NCAA appeal claiming the Western Michigan Broncos should be recognized as winners after a replay protocol error at Michigan.

WMU president Russ Kavalhuna says he looked into if there was a way to appeal the result of the game, "but there is none."

The MAC cited what it believes to be an "extraordinary" circumstance in appealing the outcome of the Michigan-Western Michigan game.

Fans on campus and around the country won't forget, but the Broncos are ready to move forward with malice.