Monday, May 13, 2013

Name and dates set for new college football playoff system

As anticlimactic is it was, the committee in charge of  NCAA athletics announced the official name for the new 4 team college football playoff system that will be replacing the current BCS selection system for the 2014-2015 football season. this new playoff system is now officially called... The College Football Playoffs. Not a very exciting name at all, but in today's world where it seems that every college sporting event has a new sponsored name; it seems though that we should at least be thankful that its not the "Verizon Wireless college football playoffs" or the "What-a-Burger college playoffs".
Logo for New Playoff System. Source:AP

Along with the new name, the committee also announced the locations of the semifinal games and the championship game. the semifinals will be held on January, 1st 2015, at the Rose and Sugar bowls. The inaugural championship game will be held at the new Cowboy stadium in Arlington Texas on January 12th, 2015. It was also announced that each year these semifinal and championship games will be rotated to new venues. I for one am a big fan of this new playoff system and certainly believe that it will be a great improvement on the current BCS system that has created more debates than it has crowned conscientious National Champions. My only wish is that the playoff field can expand to an 8 team bracket, but who knows if all goes a certain way, that could possibly still happen.

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  1. Adam, you are a very good blogger and have posted great posts here down the stretch (if only you would have been engaged all semester). You have a knack for writing and for blending news reporting and your personal voice and opinions. I do hope you keep it up or find an outlet for this.

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