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Originally Posted by alnorth
and if no one blinks in that case, the playoff doesn't happen, and we just have an extension of the BCS with some minor revisions.
I personally think, if true, it is just a bluff from the Big 12 because the money is just too good, but the 4 conferences do each have veto power if they hate money and are stupid enough to use it.
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The Big 12 would be playing with fire. Slive, Delaney, and Scott could easily tell Bowelsby to **** off and include the ACC instead. Suddenly, full membership might seem like a pretty good deal to the Irish.
A four team playoff without the Big 12 still beats the BCS.
I think you'll see something like the two highest ranked conference champions get auto bids with the two highest remaining also getting in. (Maybe 3-1 instead of 2-2, but it's not going to be four auto bids.)