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Arizona State President Calling For An Eight-Team Playoff
The Big 10 has already tossed out their support for a four-team playoff model, but Arizona State president Michael Crow thinking bigger and want an eight-team playoff. Crow has been in favor of an eight-team playoff since January, and he recently told the Arizona Republic that the his Pac-12...
PLAYOFFS?! Jim Delany Once Again Sets the College Football Offseason on Fire
Just as he did so perfectly last offseason, Jim Delany and the Big Ten are at it again. The concept of the Big Ten even entertaining playoff proposals seemed laughable as recently as two months ago. But in the wake of a low-rated BCS title game that satisfied few outside the Southeastern...
The Super Bowl is Not an Argument Against Playoffs
For the second time in five years team that went 9-7 in the NFL regular season made the Super Bowl. This time, that 9-7 team actually won the thing. It's enough to make a die hard college football fan scoff at the pro league's standards for who gets to be called champion. Before going further, it's...
Big Ten Countdown: 36 - The AP Poll Begins And Basketball Can Be Ugly
1936 was an enormous year in the history of college football as the first poll was born. The Associated Press (AP) poll began on October 19th, 1936. Alan J. Gould is credited with coming up with the idea, although the book "Tales from College Football's Sidelines" credits Cy Sherman of the...
Does The Pac-12 TV Deal Affect Likelihood Of A College Football Playoff?
The Pac-12 television contract has longstanding ramifications not just for Cal, not just for the other teams in the conference, but also the entire college football landscape. It could potentially be the next step toward what many sports fans have dreamed of--the dissolution of the creaky BCS and a...
Death to Your College Football Playoff Proposal(s)
It's that time of year. Now that the games are over, the bowl selected, and the National Championship set, its time to give your poorly reasoned argument for the BCS or for a playoff. As Zach already noted, some of the crackpots, hacks, and media types have already started doing this. But it's not...
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