Pepper, anyone? 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: Woody Bass <gatorrr...@gmail.com> To: "gatortalk@googlegroups.com" <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> Sent: Fri, April 27, 2012 7:20:47 AM Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Gatornews from the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post courtesy of JunoGator 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 MIAMIHERALD >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). 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