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Why is it “the playoffs” in NFL but “the playoff” in college?

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Swashbuckling Brunch
  12/08/25
why do you fart cum from your asshole?
Glittery toaster senate
  12/08/25
because there is no super bowl in college
Hairraiser Locus Therapy
  12/08/25
i first thought you're on to something. indeed, the major pr...
Supple genital piercing
  12/08/25
I dunno, that makes sense in historical context. The league...
Racy White Box Office Sweet Tailpipe
  12/08/25
* footballs playoff
Supple genital piercing
  12/08/25
playsoff
opaque pervert parlor
  12/08/25
I was sure you made this thread until I saw that each word i...
self-centered aqua indian lodge
  12/08/25
rofl it's my kind of autistic thread. is OP an ironside p...
Supple genital piercing
  12/08/25
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Cheese-eating mustard national security agency
  12/09/25
Maybe a holdover from the 4 team where it was just one round...
Puce Buck-toothed Lodge
  12/08/25
>Maybe a holdover from the 4 team where it was just one r...
Supple genital piercing
  12/08/25
good answer.
Crawly crackhouse
  12/08/25
it's a good attempt at an answer, but not a good answer. i m...
Supple genital piercing
  12/08/25
the holdover from the four-team era response is compelling. ...
Crawly crackhouse
  12/08/25
yeah, when spelled out like this, it becomes more compelling...
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Swashbuckling Brunch
  12/08/25
why is it duh-fence in every other context and DEE-fence in ...
Bateful location prole
  12/08/25
* war we play offense and war
Supple genital piercing
  12/08/25
yeah but theres still stuff like self-defense.
Bateful location prole
  12/08/25
lol maybe it's related to the D-fence cheers and such tha...
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metal clear property police squad
  12/08/25
It is an anachronism. It was originally one "playoff&qu...
Marvelous bossy nursing home
  12/08/25
you sound oriental. only orientals speak of "IP" i...
Supple genital piercing
  12/08/25
College footballs playoff, actually.
Trip national
  12/08/25
already said above, asshole https://xoxohth.com/thread.ph...
Supple genital piercing
  12/08/25
each game a "Playoff," and, collectively, "th...
Supple genital piercing
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self-centered aqua indian lodge
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Racy White Box Office Sweet Tailpipe
  12/09/25
Clip from 1983 calling it the “Super Bowl tournament&r...
N904PD
  12/13/25
Nm, apparently it was just a strike related thing since seas...
N904PD
  12/13/25


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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:02 AM
Author: Swashbuckling Brunch



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:33 AM
Author: Glittery toaster senate

why do you fart cum from your asshole?

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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: Hairraiser Locus Therapy

because there is no super bowl in college

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493211)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: Supple genital piercing

i first thought you're on to something. indeed, the major pro sports all have specific names for their title game that is distinguished from the rest of the playoffs -- world series, super bowl, stanley cup finals, nba finals.

but i dont see this as compelling as to why it's called a playoffs vs a playoff. seems like it's just marketing / psychological because purists care about the regular season in cfb and playoffs sounds more destructive to the regular season.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493224)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:58 AM
Author: Racy White Box Office Sweet Tailpipe

I dunno, that makes sense in historical context. The league has not been unified that long.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493613)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:23 AM
Author: Supple genital piercing

* footballs playoff

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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:31 AM
Author: opaque pervert parlor

playsoff

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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:00 AM
Author: self-centered aqua indian lodge

I was sure you made this thread until I saw that each word in the title wasn't capitalized

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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:07 AM
Author: Supple genital piercing

rofl it's my kind of autistic thread.

is OP an ironside pumo? has ironside been around in years?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493285)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 3:33 PM
Author: Cheese-eating mustard national security agency



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: Puce Buck-toothed Lodge

Maybe a holdover from the 4 team where it was just one round?

Is it the NFC playoff and the AFC playoff that combine to make the NFL playoffs?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493245)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:54 AM
Author: Supple genital piercing

>Maybe a holdover from the 4 team where it was just one round

4 teams is still two rounds. one could say there's a playoff and a championship game, and not playoffS. but who knows

>Is it the NFC playoff and the AFC playoff that combine to make the NFL playoffs?

yes, this goes back to the NFL and AFL days. but if you apply this to the NBA or NHL, it doesnt work. each conference in the NFL has playoffs and its all playoffs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493266)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:56 AM
Author: Crawly crackhouse

good answer.

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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:58 AM
Author: Supple genital piercing

it's a good attempt at an answer, but not a good answer. i mean, not shitting on him for trying to contribute scholarship and he spotted good issues, but neither issue he mentioned is compelling in the end.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493273)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:13 AM
Author: Crawly crackhouse

the holdover from the four-team era response is compelling. the national championship game was not considered a “round.” the initial conception was a (singular) playoff to make it to that game.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493298)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:19 AM
Author: Supple genital piercing

yeah, when spelled out like this, it becomes more compelling.

the counterargument is still why the NCG isn't a round. the NCG was a still a playoff even under the BCS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493312)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:16 AM
Author: Swashbuckling Brunch



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:57 AM
Author: Bateful location prole

why is it duh-fence in every other context and DEE-fence in sport

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493272)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: Supple genital piercing

* war

we play offense and war

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493274)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:02 AM
Author: Bateful location prole

yeah but theres still stuff like self-defense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493418)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:10 AM
Author: Supple genital piercing

lol

maybe it's related to the D-fence cheers and such that go on in sport.

is this just an american thing? how do faggy britcucks/canadacucks/aussiecucks pronounce it in the sport context?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493461)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: metal clear property police squad



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:21 AM
Author: Marvelous bossy nursing home

It is an anachronism. It was originally one "playoff" before the championship game. It is now multiple rounds of playoffs but the IP has been built up around "playoff" so it's going to stick.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493317)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:36 AM
Author: Supple genital piercing

you sound oriental. only orientals speak of "IP" in this fashion.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493342)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:11 AM
Author: Trip national

College footballs playoff, actually.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493466)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: Supple genital piercing

already said above, asshole

https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&mc=22&forum_id=2#49493212

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493496)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Supple genital piercing

each game a "Playoff," and, collectively, "the Playoffs"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49493890)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 1:56 PM
Author: self-centered aqua indian lodge



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:26 PM
Author: Racy White Box Office Sweet Tailpipe



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Date: December 13th, 2025 8:55 AM
Author: N904PD

Clip from 1983 calling it the “Super Bowl tournament” wtf

https://x.com/bostonradio/status/1999504198224785592

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Date: December 13th, 2025 8:58 AM
Author: N904PD

Nm, apparently it was just a strike related thing since season was 9 game and 16 teams made the playoffs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NFL_playoffs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2...id.#49506437)