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There are many possibilities. Maybe an eight-team playoff is too simple. Maybe we could conduct an online fan poll at ESPN.com. Two kids could play a virtual season using NCAA 2002 for PS2. We could tally GameDay appearances. We could tally player felonies (misdemeanors count for .5). The coaches could always thumb-wrestle for the right to play if all else failed...
Okay, really now, everyone knows why there will never be a playoff in college football. People in power are making money off the bowl system, and people in power write the rules...
There were no Harvard representatives on the six-player First Team. Penn, who defeated Brown in a playoff to win the Ivy title, was the only school with two players on the First Team. The Quakers will make their first NCAA appearance in school history against No. 8 UCLA on Friday...
...market teams thus have an advantage over their small-market cousins, which has proved out in playoff appearances. Of course, money can't explain everything. If the big-city teams ought to dominate, how do you account for Chicago's Cubs and White Sox? Or the Boston Red Sox's karmic futility...
Fumbles, missed field goals and poor blocking forced their loyal fans to become increasingly jaded as each playoff season approached...