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Wed, 30 April 2008 12:18  |
 Marty Otto
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BCS rejects playoff proposal
By Mark Schlabach
ESPN.com
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Updated: April 30, 2008, 2:31 PM ET
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Saying the BCS was in an "unprecedented state of health," ACC commissioner John Swofford announced Wednesday that college football will not change the way it determines its national champion as it prepares to begin negotiations for future television contracts that will probably run through the 2014 season.
"We will move forward in the next cycle with the current format," said Swofford, who serves as BCS chairman. "I believe the BCS has never been healthier in its first decade."
The decision, made during a five-hour meeting of 11 conference commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Kevin White at an ocean-front hotel here, wasn't unexpected. Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said earlier this week that he remained opposed to the plus-one format, which would have seeded the top four teams in the final BCS standings and match them in two semifinal games and the winners playing in a national title game.
SEC commissioner Mike Slive made the plus-one proposal Wednesday morning but said there was little support among the commissioners. In fact, Slive said only he and Swofford showed much desire in seriously pushing forward the proposal.
"There isn't support among the commissioners at this point to move forward with this proposal as we move into the next cycle," Slive said. "There's no doubt in my mind that the discussions had value and it's important that we know exactly what we're going to do with the next cycle."
Big 12 commissioner Dan Bebee said his league's member schools voted in March not to support any changes to college football's postseason.
"There's a strong feeling in the Big 12 that what we have is working well," Bebee said. "There's great satisfaction with the regular season and the postseason."
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Thu, 21 June 2012 08:59  |
Marty Otto
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4 years later and it sounds like the people are going to get something close to what they want.
By Mark Giannotto, Published: June 20
CHICAGO — After nearly six months of debate, college football is on the verge of getting the playoff fans have been demanding for years.
The commissioners from every major Bowl Championship Series conference and Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick announced Wednesday that they have “developed a consensus on a four-team seeded playoff” beginning in the 2014-15 season, signaling an end to the BCS system that has determined college football’s national champion since 1998.
Though many of the details involved with this new postseason model remain unresolved , the commissioners will present their recommendation to a committee of university presidents that is scheduled to meet in Washington next Tuesday. The 12-member BCS presidential oversight committee, chaired by Virginia Tech President Charles Steger, still must approve the four-team playoff before it goes into effect.
“We are excited to be on the threshold of creating a new postseason structure for college football that builds on the great popularity of the sport,” Swarbrick said in a joint statement from the 11 conference commissioners and Notre Dame. “We are getting very close and we look forward to next week’s meeting. We have already had extensive discussions with our presidents and it remains important to note that all final decisions will be made by the presidents, either at next week’s meeting or at whatever date is appropriate.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/bcs-commissioners-reach -consensus-on-four-team-college-football-playoff/2012/06/20/ gJQAfM3LrV_story.html
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