Word: bowlful
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Like eggnog or reruns of it's a wonderful life, college football fans' grumbling over the Bowl Championship Series (BCS)--the muddled method by which the sport anoints its national champion--has become a December rite. The chorus of critics includes Barack Obama, who opined in his first postelection interview that "any sensible person" would favor a playoff system to determine who's No. 1. And that was before the Oklahoma Sooners sped past Texas in this year's race to the BCS title game despite losing to the Longhorns 45-35 in October--a result purists say should logically...
...selects entrants for its five bowl games using an algorithm that weighs two expert polls and six intricate computer rankings. Its mastermind, former Southeastern Conference commissioner Roy Kramer, had a simple mission when he unveiled the system in 1998: pinpoint a formula that would pit the nation's two top-ranked teams against each other in a winner-take-all contest. Since 1902, postseason bowl matchups had been based largely on historic rivalries and conference affiliations. Schools reaped financial windfalls, but the process failed to crown a definitive champion...
DALLAS L'Objet's Blossom bowl ($340) is a favorite at Neiman Marcus, where it is available exclusively...
BOCA RATON, FLA. White-and-blue patterns, like the one found on Ralph Lauren Home's Côte d'Azur soup bowl ($55), are popular in this enclave...
Tiffany Style (Abrams) A history of the iconic jeweler by the company's design director, John Loring, reflecting on everything from jewels and fine china to Super Bowl trophies and yachts...