The bowl ban should only count if you actually have a record to go to a bowl. Bowl ban when you are 4-8 on the season? How can that be considered a missed bowl? Its just like the scholarships. Just because UM couldn't fill a class a couple years ago should have nothing to do with the scholarship reductions. If I were the NCAA, I would figure out what they need to do to serve out their punishment, and then add it directly on their "self-imposed" penalties. I wouldn't even consider those as part of the penalty. What penalty did they actually already pay. I would argue, nothing.