Presidents Approve College Football Playoff.....

[MMC]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Playoffs and tournaments long have determined champions of every college sport from baseball to bowling.
The exception was major college football.

That ended Tuesday. Come 2014, the BCS is dead.

Instead of simply matching the nation's No. 1 and No. 2 teams in a title game after the regular season, the way the Bowl Championship Series has done since 1998, the new format will create a pair of national semifinals.

College football fans have been clamoring for a playoff for years, and the BCS has been a constant target for criticism. Lawmakers have railed against it. A political action committee was formed, dedicated to its destruction. The Justice Department looked into whether it broke antitrust laws. Even President Obama said he wanted a playoff.

Now it's a reality.

No. 1 will play No. 4, and No. 2 will play No. 3 on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. The sites of those games will rotate among the four current BCS bowls - Rose, Orange, Fiesta and Sugar - and two more to be determined.
The winners will advance to the championship on the first Monday in January that is six or more days after the last semifinal. The first championship Monday is set for Jan. 12, 2015.
The site of the title game will move around the way the Super Bowl does, with cities bidding for the right to host.....snip~

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/preside...83--ncaaf.html
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No more Polls and Bowls to determine a Championship.

[Shoot the Goose]

Been following this too. The only thing that I do not like, and it ain't perfect, is that a final game could be as little as 6 days afterward. I think that they could reconfigure. A game of this magnitude, and also one where some ticket allotment needs to be made to the two final schools, just as it is with the BCS Championship game now, I think they need to make a slightly better accommodation. I do not want to see a 6 day rest before a Super Bowl. And surely not for college.


But this will be great. How long have we waited !!!!!

[MMC]

125 schools in it to win it.....this year. They still have some things to work out. Plus I think they want to bring in at least the revenue they have now. So hopefully we Wont have to wait the 6 days. But what a change this will be.

[WalterSobchak]

It's about damn time. I am also thankful that they are going to take the TOP 4 teams rather then the TOP 4 Conference winners as I heard someone suggest earlier today. That would have been horrible. Hopefully one day we can get an 8 team playoff. But small steps are fine for now. I'm just glad there is FINALLY a playoff!

[Shoot the Goose]

It's about damn time. I am also thankful that they are going to take the TOP 4 teams rather then the TOP 4 Conference winners as I heard someone suggest earlier today. That would have been horrible. Hopefully one day we can get an 8 team playoff. But small steps are fine for now. I'm just glad there is FINALLY a playoff!

I have been thinking about 8 teams a bit as well. It would be neat, for sure. But where this new plan now has two teams playing two post-season games, insted of teh current one, that would have 3 added games. That is a lot. It also would require a further juggling of revenue sharing, as those 8 games will get the even bigger money, while games outside that bunch would earn less.

But four would be the expected step before we get to eight. I would be inclined to say it is more likely to go eight within a decade than not. They just gotta spread the money well enough.

[Cigar]

About F'cking Time!

[Conley]

This is great news for sure. It's not perfect but it's a big first step in the right direction. Hopefully 3 out of the 4 teams won't be from the SEC but if that's the case fine. Kinda makes the SEC championship less meaningful. Six days between games is ok in my book. The whole bowl season is way too long anyhow. Little Ceasers Pizza Bowl? zzzz

[MMC]

This is great news for sure. It's not perfect but it's a big first step in the right direction. Hopefully 3 out of the 4 teams won't be from the SEC but if that's the case fine. Kinda makes the SEC championship less meaningful. Six days between games is ok in my book. The whole bowl season is way too long anyhow. Little Ceasers Pizza Bowl? zzzz

Although for $#@!s and giggles.....they should have the Two worse teams Play for the Toilet Bowl. I can see the Tidy Bowl-man commercials now.

[Conley]

Although for $#@!s and giggles.....they should have the Two worse teams Play for the Toilet Bowl. I can see the Tidy Bowl-man commercials now.

I think this already happens - Seems like everyone already gets a bowl anyway!

[WalterSobchak]

I have been thinking about 8 teams a bit as well. It would be neat, for sure. But where this new plan now has two teams playing two post-season games, insted of teh current one, that would have 3 added games. That is a lot. It also would require a further juggling of revenue sharing, as those 8 games will get the even bigger money, while games outside that bunch would earn less.

But four would be the expected step before we get to eight. I would be inclined to say it is more likely to go eight within a decade than not. They just gotta spread the money well enough.

I hear ya 82, but it would be a blast with 8 teams in the mix. I'm just being selfish! LOL