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Ten-Team FBS Playoff: 2003 Hypothetical
As promised, I'm coming back to my earlier proposal for a 10-team FBS playoff, to see how it might have played out in earlier years. For a detailed explanation of how the system works, please refer back to my original article, in which I outlined the plan. The first season I'll look at after the...
Ten-Team FBS Playoff: A Proposal in Two Parts
In today's Three-point stance, Ivan Maisel makes note of how the IRS is taking a look at the non-profit status of the major bowls. As he notes, this is not the first time such a thing has happened. Back in the early 90s, the IRS made a similar push, but nothing came of it. Now, the Playoff PAC has...
Playoffs, Realignment, and Relegation: A Revamp of the BCS System
UPDATE: Thanks for the response everyone. After reading some of the comments, I made a mistake in not pushing Utah up to the Championship Division, they're in the Big 12 now, replacing Baylor. Look, it's the dregs of college football season. You know it, I know it, and you're fearing that your...
The Rivalry Scholar: Should Washington Intercept the Bowl Championship Series?
(Ed. One of the more redeeming aspects of working on staff at a law review is the opportunity to present an original piece of legal scholarship, called a "Note," and compete for publication. As a staff editor on The Ohio State Law Journal, I'm currently in the process of writing the first draft of...
Thoughts Regarding a College Football Playoff
Since the inception of the AP poll in 1934 (and probably long before), college football fans have wondered which powerhouse team was the best in the country. The AP poll was created to generate interest in and sell newspapers, goals it has achieved admirably. The ink spilled today (most of it now...
BCS Playoff: Who's Leading, Who's Following, and Who's Getting the Hell in the Way
I believe we are all in agreement on this one. By War Eagle Atlanta glg68@aol.comThis week, the commissioners of the big six BCS conferences meet in Miami to discuss the state of the BCS and possibly propose various playoff scenarios. Mr. College Football himself, Tony Barnhart of the AJC,...
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