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Justice Department to investigate whether college football's Bowl Championship Series is an illegal enterprise. Reps. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga., and Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, are introducing a resolution rejecting the oft-criticized bowl system as an illegal restriction on trade. The resolution would require Justice's antitrust division to investigate whether the system violates federal law....

BCS' snub of Dogs spurs House to call for playoffs Lawmakers take handoff from Adams ATLANTA - Georgia lawmakers briefly turned aside from issues like the drought, gun control and transportation Friday to voice their displeasure with college football's Bowl Championship Series system. The state House - a known hangout of some prominent football fans - voted 151-9 Friday to urge the NCAA to create a playoff system for college football, adopting a resolution that calls the current system "dysfunctional." There was no debate. "The only major sporting event without a playoff system to identify its true champion that I...

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It's the major college football conferences' morbid fear of the equity the nation embraces and celebrates every March that makes NCAA Div 1-A football the biggest fraud in American sports. College basketball fans fondly remember the Davids that slew the Goliaths, even though most of those teams didn't win it all; Valparaiso, Hampton, Gonzaga (now recognized as a perennial power), George Mason, an 11th-regional seed that defeated TWO 1-seeds to make it to the Final Four last year, and Villanova, which did defeat mighty Georgetown (led by Patrick Ewing) to win a real national championship. Villanova won ON THE COURT...

Playoff scenarios for week 16 as provided by the NFL: AFC EAST DIVISION New England can clinch division title with: 1) A win or tie. 2) A N.Y. Jets loss or tie. New England can clinch playoff berth if Cincinnati-Denver tie. AFC NORTH DIVISION Baltimore has clinched the division. Cincinnati can clinch playoff berth with: 1) A win, a Buffalo loss or tie and a N.Y. Jets loss. 2) A win, a Buffalo loss or tie and a Jacksonville loss. AFC SOUTH DIVISION Indianapolis has clinched division. Indianapolis can clinch a first-round bye with a win and a Baltimore loss....

This year’s college football bowl pairings were released Sunday, and the last-place teams from the biggest conferences will be crying all the way to the bank. The top teams from the small conferences will be crying poverty. In NCAA Division I football, profits are higher for doormats from the six "major" conferences--Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and Southeastern--than for champions from the five smaller conferences.

Cardinals swept the Padres early this morning 7-4 to close out their first round in the MLB Playoffs. Reggie Sanders set a record with 10 RBI's in the 3 game series. Padres Woody Williams was lit up for 5 ER in 1 2/3 innings with a post season ERA of 27.Cards Morris returned to form with a 6 inning 2 run performance. Eckstein went 3-4 with a two run dinger.Pujols 2-3 with 1 RBI, he carries a .556 BA in post season.Cardinal Nation is still PO'ed about the 10:00 pm CDT start time, with the Yanks avoiding elimination by being...

NFL Wildcard Saturday - 8 January 2005 VS St. Louis Rams/Seattle Seahawks VS New York Jets/San Diego Chargers

The last part of the article: It is more than a rumor that Bush will return to the state for the NASCAR race at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon on Sept. 19. He is scheduled to attend the start of the race — with its 100,000 spectators — before going to another event. And we can expect television advertising to intensify. The Kerry campaign just purchased $50 million in national ads, mostly for the 20 battleground states, and new ads begin airing this week. The Bush campaign will also begin a new round soon.

How many here want to see a playoff? The main arguement is that it "can't work" for time. Could this work? Teams should make it. Top 3 - Big Ten Top 3 - SEC Top 3 - Big 12 Top 3 - PAC 10 Top 3 - Big East Top 3 - ACC Top 2 - MAC Division winners - CUSA, Wac, MTN West, Sun Belt 24 Teams. If there's an Independent team in the top 15, that school takes the place of the 2nd place MAC and 3rd place ACC in order. Bracket 1 - Upper Midwest Game 1...

We have a true championship playoff! (perhaps the Penn Staters will argue about the missed calls)Who is the Heismann pick and how will the BCS bowls be divided?

The Los Angeles Lakers have won Game 7 in overtime by a score of 112-106.