Tag: Playoff

  • College Football – Playoff Decision Becomes Clear & Simple

    College Football – Playoff Decision Becomes Clear & Simple

    The results of championship week in the 2014 college football season made it very clear who should be ranked in the top 4 by the committee and be placed in the first ever college football playoff: Alabama, Oregon and Florida State are in without any argument, while Ohio State deserves the final spot for winning the Big Ten championship game, leaving TCU and Baylor out, despite their co-hold on the Big 12 title.

  • College Football – Rivalries Possibly Decide Final Playoff Rankings

    College Football – Rivalries Possibly Decide Final Playoff Rankings

    While week 14 of the 2014 College Football season was dubbed rivalry week for the history in most of its encounters, the focus went to the division and conferences titles to be decided, and what the results meant for the next playoff rankings to be released, as the SEC (with Alabama and Missouri) was finally decided, Oregon found it it’ll play Arizona for the Pac-12, Wisconsin are the ones who get to play Ohio State for the Big Ten and Florida State remain the only undefeated team in the nation after Marshall lost in something that looked like a basketball game.

  • Remaining NFL Playoff Scenarios

    Remaining NFL Playoff Scenarios

    The 2013 NFL season is coming to an end in two weeks, with eight playoff spots still up for grabs in the NFC and AFC, with things quite complicated in the NFC East with the Cowboys and Eagles; the NFC North with the Bears, Packers and Lions; and the AFC North, with the Ravens, Bengals and Steelers involved in the playoff battle scenario.

  • Which Teams Will be Seeded in the World Cup Playoffs

    Which Teams Will be Seeded in the World Cup Playoffs

    One of the complications in the European qualifying process to the World Cup in Brazil is the second place system, which leaves one team from the nine groups out completely, while pitting the other eight in a two-legged playoff, with the seeding based on current FIFA rankings, which should give Portugal, Greece and Croatia a guaranteed seeded slot in the playoffs, and presumably and easier draw.

  • This Day in History – Michael Jordan’s 63 point performance VS the Boston Celtics, 1986