The College Football Playoff is doing something the BCS didn't -- playing its best games on either New Year's Eve or New Year's Day. ...more

The Bowl Championship Series' 'playoff group' has received bids from four cities that want to enter the playoff rotation starting in 2014-15: Atlanta (Chick-fil-A), Dallas (Cotton), Phoenix (Fiesta) and San Diego (Holiday). ...more

The BCS' 'Request for Proposal' for the college football playoff to more than 30 bowl sites asks for an 85 percent cut on revenue/expense margin after the game and no hosting your own bowl games within seven days of the playoff game. ...more

Georgia legend Vince Dooley is among the names that surfaced in talks about a playoff selection committee. The Big East nears its TV deal with NBC but is waiting on ESPN. An Oregon State coordinator is curious to see how Chip Kelly does in NFL. ...more

Notre Dame athletics director Jack Swarbrick would like to see a 2013 "test run" playoff committee to prepare college football officials for the tough "real" job in 2014. It would be a confidential experiment, and a chance to vet issues that arise when picking the country's best teams. ...more