College football, as incredible as it may seem, is moving towards a four-team playoff in 2014.

The commissioners of the BCS conferences met in April and agreed to move towards a four-team playoff beginning in 2014, the season after the current BCS agreement ends. The commissioners are in the process of talking with their member schools about various playoff scenarios, and gauging their thoughts and concerns. In June, the commissioners will reconvene, and representing their school presidents and chancellors, will decide the exact details of how the playoff will work.

That process took one paragraph to describe, and it’s only going to take a couple months from beginning to end … but it’s going to be a big, hotly-contested mess before it’s all over.

Why a Playoff?

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