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BCS Threatens Us With the Old System
mwcfootball.wordpress.com - 7/3/2009
BCS Threatens Us With the Old System
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Found an interview with Harvey Perlman who is the new chairman in the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This interview is chalk full of amazing answers, so I will interject my own commentary within Perlman’s answers and you have been warned this ...
BCS Chair Threatens to Bring 1988 Back
sportingnews.com - 7/2/2009
BCS Chair Threatens to Bring 1988 Back
— sportingnews.com — Harvey Perlman, chairman of the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee, must be a masterful bureaucrat. Not only does... he have a baffling title, he also has a straw man in his pocket, and isn't afraid to pull it out and shake it at you until you get ... (more) BCS Chair Threatens to Bring 1988 Back

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vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 7/3/2009
The case for congressional hearings into the BCS - 07.06.09 - SI Vault
— vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com — Complaints about the college football Bowl Championship Series are nothing new. Indeed, it seems every year an... obviously deserving team is left out of the BCS due to its arcane and, to put it bluntly, biased nature. Leaders in Washington are catching ... (more) The case for congressional hearings into the BCS - ...

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sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 7/1/2009
Senate to hold hearing on BCS antitrust issues
— sportsillustrated.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate plans to hold a hearing next week looking into antitrust issues surrounding... college football's Bowl Championship Series. (more) Senate to hold hearing on BCS antitrust issues

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