We dont need a playoff. Woody (via iPhone)
On Apr 27, 2012, at 7:10 AM, Arthur Polhill <lpolh...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Well, hallelujah, pass the grits. > > A. Leon Polhill, Gator > "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. > I said I didn't know." - Mark Twain > > > From: JunoGator <broadreach...@earthlink.net> > To: GatorNEWS <gatorn...@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Fri, April 27, 2012 6:49:11 AM > Subject: [gatornews] Gatornews from the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post > courtesy of JunoGator > > Four-team playoff in BCS’ works > Commissioners agreed on a four-team BCS playoff, and are working out the > details and will seek conference approval. > > BY MANNY NAVARRO MIAMI HERALD > It might have taken them a long, long time to get here, but the leaders of > college football left South Florida on Thursday in agreement. > > “... it’s time to use the P-word,” Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott declared. > > “P” as in playoffs. Four teams, two semifinals and one championship — that’s > what college football is on the verge of having after the 2013 season > concludes. > > There are still quite a few details to be hashed out: where will those big > games will be played, who selects who gets in, and what role the bowls will > play in all of it. But as long as the conferences and schools the BCS > represent don’t get muddied in the details in the coming weeks, college > football will have its own version of a Final Four. > > “This is a seismic change for college football,” BCS executive director Bill > Hancock said after the 11 conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s AD > wrapped up three days of meetings at the Westin Diplomat Hotel and Resort in > Hollywood. > > Hancock said the commissioners will present between two and seven options for > a four-team playoff to their leagues over the next month or so at conference > meetings. But, “it isn’t the number that is significant here,” Southeastern > Conference commissioner Mike Slive pointed out. “It’s that we’ve got a model > of a four-team playoff.” > > After presidents and athletic directors weigh in at spring meetings over the > next couple weeks, the league commissioners will then get back together in > Chicago on June 20 and try to come up with a final version of a new way to > determine a national champion. > > Hancock warned that if no consensus is reached, the fallback would be > sticking with an overhauled version of the old system, which aims for a No. 1 > vs. No. 2 championship game. But that seems like a longshot. > > “It’s great to get to a point where there seems to be general consensus that > a four-team, three-game playoff is the best route to go,” said Atlantic Coast > Conference Commissioner John Swofford, who along with Slive began pushing for > a four-team playoff in 2008. > > “I think there could be a lot of disappointment if we’re not able to carry > this through to the finish line. There’s some level of confidence. But like > the old cliché, the devil [is] in the details. And we’ll find out how much > devil is there.” > > One big change that’s already been decided upon: The BCS will do away with > the automatic-qualifier signification. The AQ has given top conferences > automatic slots in the four existing BCS bowls: the Fiesta (Big 12), Orange > (ACC), Rose (Pac-12) and Sugar (SEC). Currently the title game also is played > at one of those four sites on a rotating basis. > > > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
