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Money, power plays and the Rose Bowl: The many times we almost had a playoff, and wh

Believe it or not, but in its more than 150 years, college football has often argued for a real champion-deciding playoff system. It has failed at every turn, for various reasons, but there are lessons to remember as the sport begins its new era.

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