Presidents Approve Four-Team College Football Playoff System

~ The playoffs are coming to major college football.

 A plan for a four-team playoff has been approved by a committee of university presidents. In 2012,  the BCS will be gone.

 Here are the basics as reported by Yahoo:

 The first playoff will take place after the 2014 season. There will be four teams, and the semifinals will be rotated among six bowl games over the life of the contract, with the championship game put up for bid. A selection committee will rank the teams, based on factors including head-to-head matchups.

 Semifinals will be held on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1; the championship game will be played on the first Monday that is at least six days after the last semifinal. The first playoff game will be Dec. 31, 2014.

 This news is big for fans of college football who have grown frustrated with the BCS system currently in place to crown a nation champion. It takes the decision away from the computers and puts it where it should be … on the field.

 There will be critics of the new playoff format, that’s to be expected. However at least the change is a step in the right direction. Besides it can’t be any worst than the confusion that the BCS system caused.