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The right way for playoff games

Published December 2, 2008, 3:17 pm, The Pekin Daily Times

AP College Football Writer President-elect Barack Obama wants a big-time college football playoff, and the latest BCS mess involving Texas and Oklahoma is yet another example of why it's needed. But there's a right way and a wrong way to do it.

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