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<s style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(244, 115, 149);">@</s>McMurphyESPN: "College Football Playoff" new name for 4-team playoff, sources told <s style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(244, 115, 149);">@</s>espn.
New 4 team playoff finally given a name....
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No word on what the other finalists were....I'm guessing "Sporting Event", "Semifinals before Finals", and "Four Team Football Tournament" were in the the discussion.
KowboyKarl
Live. Breathe. Blue.
Well played, sir.
KowboyKarl
Live. Breathe. Blue.
Is that serious though? "College Football Playoff"... Really?
reNew Orleans
Clubbin' with Rasual Butler
youd have to try to do worse than Legends and Leaders
TheGarfather
Pretty much a regular
Ummm, I'll ask the obvious question: why did it need a name?
Judge Smails
Vegas For March Madness Coordinator
Jan 2015 will be the first title game @ Cowboys Stadium in Arlington
There's a story out today that lists all the sites and dates up to 2026 or something ... still working on Title game sites beyond the first one, due to bidding process
Judge Smails
Vegas For March Madness Coordinator
It seems the FBS commissioners learned from the Big Ten's mistake when they decided what to call the sport's new playoff.
"I'll be happy with whatever," Delany told reporters at the BCS meetings in Pasadena, Calif., on Tuesday. "Obviously, I'm not great with names."
Judge Smails
Vegas For March Madness Coordinator
The BCS announced in January that the Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena and the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans will host college football's first national semifinals on Jan. 1, 2015. Sources tell ESPN that the Orange Bowl in Miami and the Cotton Bowl will host in 2016, and the Fiesta and Chick-fil-A bowls will be hosts in 2017).
The FBS commissioners reached a geographical balance in choosing cities that will host the semifinals: Glendale and Pasadena are in the West; Dallas and New Orleans are centrally located; and Atlanta and Miami are in the East. Sure, Big Ten fans might continue to complain that there isn't a cold-weather city like Detroit, Indianapolis or St. Louis in the mix, but those cities didn't bid to host games.
The two national semifinals will be played on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day every year, instead of a Tuesday or Wednesday night in early January, after we've all gone back to work or back to school from the holidays.
The four bowls that aren't hosting a semifinal game in a particular season will still host marquee, BCS-type games on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day.
The FBS commissioners reached a geographical balance in choosing cities that will host the semifinals: Glendale and Pasadena are in the West; Dallas and New Orleans are centrally located; and Atlanta and Miami are in the East. Sure, Big Ten fans might continue to complain that there isn't a cold-weather city like Detroit, Indianapolis or St. Louis in the mix, but those cities didn't bid to host games.
The two national semifinals will be played on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day every year, instead of a Tuesday or Wednesday night in early January, after we've all gone back to work or back to school from the holidays.
The four bowls that aren't hosting a semifinal game in a particular season will still host marquee, BCS-type games on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day.
detroit187
Pretty much a regular
why not Michigan vs Some Cheating Ass Southern school game?
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Judge Smails
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Hancock said the first year of the College Football Playoff will feature back-to-back tripleheaders on Dec. 31 (Cotton, Orange, Fiesta bowls) and Jan. 1 (Chick-fil-A, Rose, Sugar). The Rose and Sugar bowls will be the national semifinals.
"The culture of New Year's Eve will change in this country," Hancock said.
"The culture of New Year's Eve will change in this country," Hancock said.
Judge Smails
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The semifinal rotation has been determined as follows: The Rose (Pasadena) and Sugar (New Orleans) bowls will host the semifinals in 2015, the Orange (Miami) and Cotton (Arlington) bowls will host in 2016, and the Fiesta (Glendale) and Chick-fil-A (Atlanta) bowls will host in 2017. They will keep that rotation through January 2026.
During the 12-year College Football Playoff contract, the semifinals will be at:
• Rose and Sugar bowls: Jan. 1, 2015; Jan. 1, 2018; Jan. 1, 2021; and Jan. 1, 2024.
• Orange and Cotton bowls: Dec. 31, 2015; Dec. 31, 2018; Dec. 31, 2021; and Dec. 31, 2024.
• Fiesta and Chick-fil-A bowls: Dec. 31, 2016; Dec. 31, 2019; Dec. 31, 2022; and Dec. 31, 2025.
The Orange, Cotton, Fiesta and Chick-fil-A bowls are not held on Jan. 1 because the Rose and Sugar bowls are guaranteed to be played on Jan. 1 or Jan. 2 every year even if those bowls are not hosting the national semifinals.
The Holiday Bowl was the only other bowl to bid for a semifinal site.
The championship game dates (all played on Mondays) are:
Jan. 12, 2015;
Jan. 11, 2016;
Jan. 9, 2017;
Jan. 8, 2018;
Jan. 7, 2019;
Jan. 13, 2020;
Jan. 11, 2021;
Jan. 10, 2022;
Jan. 9, 2023;
Jan. 8, 2024;
Jan. 13, 2025;
and Jan. 12, 2026.
During the 12-year College Football Playoff contract, the semifinals will be at:
• Rose and Sugar bowls: Jan. 1, 2015; Jan. 1, 2018; Jan. 1, 2021; and Jan. 1, 2024.
• Orange and Cotton bowls: Dec. 31, 2015; Dec. 31, 2018; Dec. 31, 2021; and Dec. 31, 2024.
• Fiesta and Chick-fil-A bowls: Dec. 31, 2016; Dec. 31, 2019; Dec. 31, 2022; and Dec. 31, 2025.
The Orange, Cotton, Fiesta and Chick-fil-A bowls are not held on Jan. 1 because the Rose and Sugar bowls are guaranteed to be played on Jan. 1 or Jan. 2 every year even if those bowls are not hosting the national semifinals.
The Holiday Bowl was the only other bowl to bid for a semifinal site.
The championship game dates (all played on Mondays) are:
Jan. 12, 2015;
Jan. 11, 2016;
Jan. 9, 2017;
Jan. 8, 2018;
Jan. 7, 2019;
Jan. 13, 2020;
Jan. 11, 2021;
Jan. 10, 2022;
Jan. 9, 2023;
Jan. 8, 2024;
Jan. 13, 2025;
and Jan. 12, 2026.
Judge Smails
Vegas For March Madness Coordinator
In years the Rose, Sugar and Orange bowls do not host the national semifinals, they will get the highest-ranked team from their respective conference tie-ins:
Rose (Pac-12 vs. Big Ten),
Sugar (SEC vs. Big 12) and
Orange (ACC vs. highest-ranked from SEC/Big Ten/Notre Dame).
Rose (Pac-12 vs. Big Ten),
Sugar (SEC vs. Big 12) and
Orange (ACC vs. highest-ranked from SEC/Big Ten/Notre Dame).
Judge Smails
Vegas For March Madness Coordinator
Q: The old BCS allowed a maximum of two teams from a conference. Is the same rule in place now?
A: No, all those limits have been lifted. Though unlikely, one conference could have all four semifinal teams if the selection committee decided they were the four best in the country. Or, a conference could have two in the semifinals and another two in the "host bowls" depending on how things shake out. The point is, the goal of the system is to create the most attractive matchups without too many arbitrary rules.
Q: How will geography factor in?
A: The selection committee's goal will be to protect the top two seeds from playing in road environments in semifinal games. For instance, if Southern Cal was the No. 1 seed and LSU was the No. 4 in 2014, that semifinal could be played in the Rose Bowl but not the Sugar Bowl.
A: No, all those limits have been lifted. Though unlikely, one conference could have all four semifinal teams if the selection committee decided they were the four best in the country. Or, a conference could have two in the semifinals and another two in the "host bowls" depending on how things shake out. The point is, the goal of the system is to create the most attractive matchups without too many arbitrary rules.
Q: How will geography factor in?
A: The selection committee's goal will be to protect the top two seeds from playing in road environments in semifinal games. For instance, if Southern Cal was the No. 1 seed and LSU was the No. 4 in 2014, that semifinal could be played in the Rose Bowl but not the Sugar Bowl.
Judge Smails
Vegas For March Madness Coordinator
The news came out Tuesday that college football's new four-team playoff system will be called "College Football Playoff." It's a safe choice for the BCS, which decided to play it simple.
But the decision came at the end of a lengthy debate, and this morning Grantland received a sheet of paper from a BCS source with a handwritten list of 50 names it considered and ultimately rejected.
Some of them are predictably masculine, some are cynical attempts to play off pop culture phenomenons, and some are just bizarre. Throughout, you'll notice a strange fixation on Nick Saban. In a few cases, clarifying parenthetical notes accompany the names.
We now present the unedited list:
50 Rejected Names for the College Football Playoff
1. The Leather War
2. The Pigskin Playoff
3. Emmert's Circus
4. The Olde Timey Football Fracas
5. The America
6. Leather America
7. The Leather Lords
8. Nick Saban and the American Lords of Leather
9. Wimbledon
10. Sheriff Football's Tumbleweed Showdown
11. Texas Forever
12. Ole Chalk and Grass: The Playoff
13. One Hundred Yards of Hell
14. One Hundred Yards of Hell: The Final Four
15. One Hundred Yards of Hell: The Final Four: Teams, Not Yards
16. Nick Saban's Weird Personal Playground
17. Nick Saban's Weird Personal Dungeon
18. The Masters
19. THE MAN SHOW
20. The Younger Games
21. Scary Potter and the Gridiron of Secrets
22. Scary Potter and the Goblet of Football
23. Scary Potter and the Disorder of the Phoenix [games would have to be played in Phoenix]
24. Scoreless in Seattle [games would have to be played in Seattle between Big 10 teams]
25. Last Dance in the Tickle Barn
26. Last Dance in the Tackle Barn ["Tickle" above = typo, sorry]
27. The Tour de France: America
28. The Second SEC Championship Game Plus Two Other Semifinals
29. The Padded Quarrel
30. Angry, Beautiful Young Men in Pads
31. Unpaid Labor: The Best of the Bond Servants, ft. Nick Saban
32. Nick Saban's Tickle Palace
33. Nick Saban's Tackle Palace [sorry, again with that typo!]
34. The SuperER Bowl
35. The Curious Case of Benjamin HUT-ton
36. HIKE it like Beckham
37. Spinal SNAP [pun combining Spinal Tap and snapping the ball ... could be misinterpreted]
38. Dude, Where's My Football? Right Here, in This Awesome Playoff
39. The Last Grunt
40. Nick Saban's Last Grunt
41. The Fearsome Four
42. Grunt Like a Saban: The Fearsome Four
<del style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">43. Anything to Do With the NCAA</del>
43. The Last Judgment
44. Judgment Days: The Last Gut Check
45. Judgment Days: The Last Gut Check: End Zone
46. Fight for the Fucking End Zone: Pigskin Pyrotechnics
47. The Fucking Pigskin Zone: Fuck You, Soccer
48. TackleZone: A Clash of the Realest Men on Earth
49. ManClash: The Endless Days of Tackle
50. Nick Saban's No-Questions-Asked Week of Endless Tickles
But the decision came at the end of a lengthy debate, and this morning Grantland received a sheet of paper from a BCS source with a handwritten list of 50 names it considered and ultimately rejected.
Some of them are predictably masculine, some are cynical attempts to play off pop culture phenomenons, and some are just bizarre. Throughout, you'll notice a strange fixation on Nick Saban. In a few cases, clarifying parenthetical notes accompany the names.
We now present the unedited list:
50 Rejected Names for the College Football Playoff
1. The Leather War
2. The Pigskin Playoff
3. Emmert's Circus
4. The Olde Timey Football Fracas
5. The America
6. Leather America
7. The Leather Lords
8. Nick Saban and the American Lords of Leather
9. Wimbledon
10. Sheriff Football's Tumbleweed Showdown
11. Texas Forever
12. Ole Chalk and Grass: The Playoff
13. One Hundred Yards of Hell
14. One Hundred Yards of Hell: The Final Four
15. One Hundred Yards of Hell: The Final Four: Teams, Not Yards
16. Nick Saban's Weird Personal Playground
17. Nick Saban's Weird Personal Dungeon
18. The Masters
19. THE MAN SHOW
20. The Younger Games
21. Scary Potter and the Gridiron of Secrets
22. Scary Potter and the Goblet of Football
23. Scary Potter and the Disorder of the Phoenix [games would have to be played in Phoenix]
24. Scoreless in Seattle [games would have to be played in Seattle between Big 10 teams]
25. Last Dance in the Tickle Barn
26. Last Dance in the Tackle Barn ["Tickle" above = typo, sorry]
27. The Tour de France: America
28. The Second SEC Championship Game Plus Two Other Semifinals
29. The Padded Quarrel
30. Angry, Beautiful Young Men in Pads
31. Unpaid Labor: The Best of the Bond Servants, ft. Nick Saban
32. Nick Saban's Tickle Palace
33. Nick Saban's Tackle Palace [sorry, again with that typo!]
34. The SuperER Bowl
35. The Curious Case of Benjamin HUT-ton
36. HIKE it like Beckham
37. Spinal SNAP [pun combining Spinal Tap and snapping the ball ... could be misinterpreted]
38. Dude, Where's My Football? Right Here, in This Awesome Playoff
39. The Last Grunt
40. Nick Saban's Last Grunt
41. The Fearsome Four
42. Grunt Like a Saban: The Fearsome Four
<del style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">43. Anything to Do With the NCAA</del>
43. The Last Judgment
44. Judgment Days: The Last Gut Check
45. Judgment Days: The Last Gut Check: End Zone
46. Fight for the Fucking End Zone: Pigskin Pyrotechnics
47. The Fucking Pigskin Zone: Fuck You, Soccer
48. TackleZone: A Clash of the Realest Men on Earth
49. ManClash: The Endless Days of Tackle
50. Nick Saban's No-Questions-Asked Week of Endless Tickles
Judge Smails
Vegas For March Madness Coordinator
omg ... 28 and 47 are LOL-worthy
