Big 12/SEC bowl deal shows ACC, Big East were remiss in not lobbying for eight-team playoff
Posted May 23, 2012
If you are in the ACC or Big East, whether you think a four-, eight- or 64-team tournament is best is immaterial. This is about plotting the best course for survival. For too long, administrators in the ACC, Big East and Big 12 (which will survive only because of dodged bullets, great fortune and circumstance) failed to see a football playoff for it really is: not some postseason system but a lifeline.
(Yahoo! Sports)
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