Ga. House passes resolution to adopt playoff


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Ga. House passes resolution to adopt playoff

ATLANTA (AP) - The Georgia House voted 151-9 Friday in favor of a resolution urging the NCAA to create a playoff system for college football.

"The only major sporting event without a playoff system to identify its true champion that I know of is NCAA Division I football," said state Rep. Quincy Murphy, D-Augusta.

Georgia was ranked fourth in the BCS entering the last week of the season, behind Missouri, West Virginia and Ohio State. When Missouri and West Virginia lost, Georgia did not rise to second behind Ohio State but dropped to fifth in the BCS. Southeastern Conference champion LSU vaulted from seventh to second.

The Bulldogs went on to rout previously undefeated Hawaii 41-10 in the Sugar Bowl.

The resolution, which now goes to the Senate, calls the BCS system "the greatest disappointment of the 2007 college football season."

"The only sensible way to determine a national champion in any sport is to develop a playoff system that allows teams to meet on the field," the resolution reads. "The fans of college football deserve a true national champion to be crowned after winning the title on the field of play and not in a popularity poll."

House lawmakers had expected the resolution would inspire more discussion.


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Sour grapes. They been playing this system since the beginning and THIS season they feel the need for this?

Tell em to pass another one requiring the Bulldogs to win their division.
 



jag4life said:
Sour grapes. They been playing this system since the beginning and THIS season they feel the need for this?

Tell em to pass another one requiring the Bulldogs to win their division.
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:lol: Funny, how the system works when you are in the title game but doesn't when you get left out.
 
This just provides us with a clear picture of how big, how much pull and financial positioning the state flagship university has on many legislative issues in and outside the academic arena.
 
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