May 14, 2004

For Postseason Football, More Than One Option Is Afield

By WELCH SUGGS

Back in March, it seemed like two groups of college presidents had come up with a tidy plan to expand the college football-championship process to give all 117 teams in Division I-A of the National Collegiate Athletic Association a shot at glory.

Representatives of the five conferences now excluded from the Bowl Championship Series had persuaded their counterparts among the six richer and better-known conferences in the series to give them a shot at the postseason by expanding

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