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BCS President OK With Realignment

Forbes

As the dizzying carousel of conference realignment scatters college athletic departments to new leagues across the country, the NCAA’s reshaped landscape won’t alter the much-maligned Bowl Championship Series, according to the organization’s president.  

Whether the so-called 16- or 18-team superconferences come to fruition or not, a college football playoff is not in the stars.

“I don’t envision that because the same people who constantly support the BCS will be a part of those conferences,” BCS executive director Bill Hancock told Nooga.com.  “I don’t see anything about the possibility of conference realignment changing how people feel about postseason football.”

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