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  • May 2008

    • BCS Rejects Plan to Turn System Into 4-Team Playoff

      Associated Press  |  May 1, 08 12:32 AM CDT

      BCS Rejects Plan to Turn System Into 4-Team Playoff

      (Newser) - Even a three-game playoff was too much for the BCS. Bowl Championship Series officials rejected a plan Wednesday to turn the much-criticized system for deciding a national champ into a playoff involving four teams, starting in the 2010 season. The BCS format will remain the same until at least the 2014 season. More »

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      football  • NCAA  • NCAA football  • SEC  • BCS

  • April 2008
  • January 2008

    • UGA President Wants to Scrap BCS for Playoff

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Jan 10, 08 5:09 AM CST

      UGA President Wants to Scrap BCS for Playoff

      (Newser) - If University of Georgia President Michael Adams had his way there would be less to gripe about at the water cooler during the bowl season. Adams, who is chairman of the NCAA’s executive committee, wants to replace the confounding Bowl Championship Series with an eight-team playoff. He believes that the chances are “at least 50-50” that his proposal will pass, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. More »

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      NCAA  • NCAA football  • BCS  • Georgia Bulldogs

    • LSU Roars Past Ohio State for National Title

      Columbus Dispatch  |  Jan 8, 08 3:00 AM CST

      LSU Roars Past Ohio State for National Title

      (Newser) - Ohio State coach Jim Tressel must have felt a sense of deja vu last night: his team played poorly and lost to a Southeastern Conference team in the BCS title game—just as it did in January 2007. This year's opponent, LSU, beat the Buckeyes, 38-24, backed by four TD passes by fifth-year quarterback Matt Flynn, writes the Columbus Dispatch. More »

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      NCAA football  • SEC  • Big Ten Conference  • Ohio State Buckeyes  • BCS  • LSU Tigers

    • Mountaineers Soar Past Sooners

      Associated Press  |  Jan 3, 08 4:26 AM CST

      Mountaineers Soar Past Sooners

      (Newser) - University of Phoenix stadium has become a house of horrors for No. 3 Oklahoma, which yesterday lost its second straight Fiesta Bowl there, 48-28, to West Virginia. Pat White rushed for 150 yards and threw for 176 yards and two scores for the Mountaineers, who put aside the distraction surrounding the departure of coach Rich Rodriguez, reports AP. More »

  • December 2007

    • Gentlemen, Start Your Griping

      Associated Press  |  Dec 3, 07 7:32 AM CST

      Gentlemen, Start Your Griping

      (Newser) - On January 7, the 11-2 Louisiana State Tigers will find themselves in the BCS title game, the first two-loss team ever to play in the national championship. The Tigers were ranked second in the AP poll following yet another weekend of No. 1 and No. 2 teams dropping like rocks. Facing LSU will be Ohio State, with an 11-1 record, reports AP. More »

    • Oklahoma Upends No. 1 Missouri

      Columbia Daily Tribune (Mo.)  |  Dec 2, 07 5:51 AM CST

      Oklahoma Upends No. 1 Missouri

      (Newser) - Missouri may have company in ranks of toppled top-5 teams (12 other Caseys have struck out this season), but that's little comfort for a team whose sights were dead set on the championship game in New Orleans. Instead, a 38-17 loss to Oklahoma leaves the Tigers uncertain of making a BCS game at all, reports the Columbia Daily Tribune . More »

    • WVU Latest Gridiron Giant to Fall

      Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  |  Dec 2, 07 4:55 AM CST

      WVU Latest Gridiron Giant to Fall

      (Newser) - For the seventh time this season, an unranked spoiler tripped up a top-ranked team, dashing Superdome dreams and churning up the BCS poll. This time it was Pitt who pounced on West Virginia's Achilles heel: turnovers. The second-ranked Mountaineers gave up three fumbles and couldn't produce in their 13-9 defeat by a 28-point underdog, the Post-Gazette reports. More »

  • November 2007
  • October 2007

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