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From Polls to Playoff: A brief history of the evolution of how college football determines the national champion
by selmaborntidefan
August 1, 2014

If Walter Camp were alive today to see what his sport has become, he would no doubt be stunned beyond belief. What began as an amateur fitness program among the Ivy League schools in New England has evolved into a multi-million dollar enterprise watched by millions of fans every Saturday from late August until early January. Fans argue over which school is better among teams that did not play while simultaneously crowing about their school’s victories over the teams they did play. In fact, part of the never-ending argument of college football centers upon presumed great games that will never be played (e.g. the 1991 Washington Huskies against the Miami Hurricanes). That is part of the charm of the innocence of the game, and it is about to change forever.

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This should be required reading for anyone that didn't live through some of those years, and constantly whine about titles claimed by certain schools.

It was what it was and it is what it is.

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