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There are few more enduring symbols in college football than the Rose Bowl, which, at the meetings, has become emblematic of a sport caught between traditional pageantry and a lucrative future.
College football leaders who are trying to iron out a postseason playoff format are strongly divided over the game, which was first played in 1902 and traditionally matches the winners of the Pac-12 and the Big Ten.
Texas Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds identified the Rose Bowl as an impediment to making a playoff system a reality. Jim Delany, the Big Ten commissioner, said he and Dodds had disagreed on a playoff for two decades, and he tweaked Dodds, saying that he should be excited as “the discussions become more...
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