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Sharp: College football's playoff system will hurt Big Ten
USA TODAY
New configuration for college football's postseason favors Southeastern
Conference and Big 12 schools that routinely finish among top four.
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College football's playoff ship is coming in
Boston Herald
What's wrong with the new college football playoff plan? Nothing. In fact,
the four-team tournament is an eruption of reason, and a rare victory for
patience, common sense and change. As Winston Churchill said, Americans can
be counted upon to do the ...
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Column: Pay for play should be in football playoff
CBS News
Proof that the people running college football are smarter than fifth
graders, though, is the pot of gold they will reap beginning with the 2014
season. Already awash in cash, they will rake in hundreds of millions more
in TV rights fees to distribute ...
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GB Olympic football team: Gary Lineker leads complaints as David Beckham
is ...
Daily Mail
The former England striker and BBC presenter said it was 'terrible' Becks
had been excluded 'having given so much' for British football and London
2012, adding he thought manager Stuart Pearce had been stringing him along.
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College Football Nation: 120628 Goodbye BCS
ESPN (blog)
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NCAA football playoff format doesn't go far enough
MiamiHerald.com
So the Good Lords of college-affiliated sports grant us a four-team playoff
to determine a college-affiliated football champion. For a minute or a few
decades there, I thought you had lost your talent for following the money.
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Drew Sharp: New playoff won't help Big Ten teams
Detroit Free Press
The most compelling BCS argument for the Big Ten and Notre Dame was storied
tradition, which subsequently brought good television ratings and bowl
ticket sales. But those factors don't matter in a four-team playoff.
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New college football playoff system feels like a compromise
The Seattle Times
Is it possible that an innovation can warrant a half-hip-hip-hooray? A
waist-high five? College football's tortured march toward a playoff system
that will begin after the 2014 regular season feels like that — a
compromise. Proponents of a playoff ...
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Presidents approve college football playoff
Marin Independent-Journal
WASHINGTON—Playoffs and tournaments long have determined champions of
every college sport from baseball to bowling.
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