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EXCLUSIVE: Talkin BCS with the New Committee Chair
EXCLUSIVE: Talkin BCS with the New Committee Chair
University of Nebraska-Lincoln chancellor Harvey Perlman was recently appointed as chairman of the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee, which ultimately decides, even more than the conference commissioners, how the BCS works from year to year. Perlman, who previously represented the Big 12 on ...
BCS Chair Threatens to Bring 1988 Back
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
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 - ...
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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Ha! It's Not About the Money, It's About the Bowls!
The Wiz of Odds — ... Hatch's quest to bring a playoff system to big-time college football is a Herculean task. Consider comments made by Harvey Perlman, left, the chancellor at the University of Nebraska who was recently appointed as chairman of the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee. He was asked by Husker Locker why a playoff is not a viable alternative. Here is Perlman's response: ...

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CollegeGameBalls: College Football at its Finest — ... But this dictatorship is so much better than the last. According to Harvey Perlman, the recently appointed chairman of the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee (Czar), the alternative to the BCS is not a playoff. ...

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