May 22, 2013

NCAA College Football: College Football Playoff to replace BCS

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(Bill Hancock, executive director of the Bowl Championship Series, introduces the new College Football Playoff. Reed Saxon/AP) PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Bowl Championship Series will be replaced by the College Football Playoff. The BCS conference commissioners announced the name of the new postseason system that starts in 2014 on Tuesday, the first of three [...]

College Football: Rose, Sugar will host first semifinals in new playoff system

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — The first semifinal games in the new college football playoff system will be played Jan. 1, 2015, in the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl. The BCS conference commissioners announced the dates and rotation for all 12 years of the upcoming postseason format after a meeting in [...]

College Football: Notre Dame’s independence could hurt its chances at BCS title berth

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(PhatzRadio / SI Feature) — Undefeated Notre Dame received one first-place vote in this week’s USA Today Coaches’ Poll — from Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly. Should 10-0 Kansas State, 10-0 Oregon and the 10-0 Irish all win out, self-interest will surely rule the day come Dec. 2. The Ducks will inevitably get the Pac-12 [...]

College Football: BCS commissioners will present presidents multiple playoff options

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CHICAGO (AP) — The conference commissioners who have been working on a four-team playoff to determine college football’s national champion plan to present the BCS presidential oversight committee multiple formats from which to choose. Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said the university presidents will “have options – plural” to consider when they meet in two weeks. [...]