Texas Rep.: Big 12 saga could doom BCS (AP)

One of the most powerful advocates of a college football playoff system believes the Big 12’s brush with death might eventually help doom the BCS. It’s not going to happen right away, said Texas Rep. Joe Barton. But the promise of renewed television riches that persuaded the Big 12’s major football members to reject overtures from the Pac-10 has shone the spotlight on the huge financial…

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Final coaches’ ballot to remain public (AP)

The final regular-season ballot of every voter in the USA Today college football coaches' poll will remain public. The coaches had considered making those votes confidential. But Grant Teaff, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association, said Friday it will stay an open ballot. The coaches' poll helps decide which teams play in the BCS national championship game.

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Non-BCS team could earn bid to Rose Bowl (AP)

Some tweaking to the Bowl Championship Series rules gives greater access to the Rose Bowl to teams outside the six conferences with automatic BCS bids — such as Utah. "Under certain circumstances, they can play their way into the Rose Bowl, which hasn't been true in the past," Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said Monday at Big Ten media day.

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Senate to hold antitrust hearing on BCS (AP)

The Senate plans to hold a hearing next week looking into antitrust issues surrounding the Bowl Championship Series. It's the second time this year that Congress is shining a light on the polarizing system college football uses to crown its national champion. The hearing will be held next Tuesday in the Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights,…

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Congressman compares BCS to communism (AP)

Tackling an issue sure to rouse sports fans, lawmakers pressed college football officials Friday to switch the Bowl Championship Series to a playoff, with one Texas Republican likening the current system to communism and joking it should be labeled “BS,” not “BCS.” John Swofford, the coordinator of the BCS, rejected the idea of switching to a playoff, telling a House panel that it would threaten…

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TCU, Utah play BCS elimination game (AP)

Welcome to the BCS Buster playoffs. When No. 11 TCU visits No. 10 Utah on Thursday night, the winner is assured of staying alive for at least another week in the Bowl Championship Series sweepstakes. The loser can start making other postseason plans. “It’s everything you want. It’s what you coach for,” TCU coach Gary Patterson said.

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