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

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Mind-boggling peach address
  12/08/25
why do you fart cum from your asshole?
Irradiated yarmulke bawdyhouse
  12/08/25
because there is no super bowl in college
Motley Overrated Library Volcanic Crater
  12/08/25
i first thought you're on to something. indeed, the major pr...
ocher know-it-all gay wizard
  12/08/25
I dunno, that makes sense in historical context. The league...
filthy ivory really tough guy plaza
  12/08/25
* footballs playoff
ocher know-it-all gay wizard
  12/08/25
playsoff
Sadistic state milk
  12/08/25
I was sure you made this thread until I saw that each word i...
Emerald field lettuce
  12/08/25
rofl it's my kind of autistic thread. is OP an ironside p...
ocher know-it-all gay wizard
  12/08/25
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clear travel guidebook step-uncle's house
  12/09/25
Maybe a holdover from the 4 team where it was just one round...
Talented trust fund fat ankles
  12/08/25
>Maybe a holdover from the 4 team where it was just one r...
ocher know-it-all gay wizard
  12/08/25
good answer.
Cream Passionate Organic Girlfriend Reading Party
  12/08/25
it's a good attempt at an answer, but not a good answer. i m...
ocher know-it-all gay wizard
  12/08/25
the holdover from the four-team era response is compelling. ...
Cream Passionate Organic Girlfriend Reading Party
  12/08/25
yeah, when spelled out like this, it becomes more compelling...
ocher know-it-all gay wizard
  12/08/25
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Mind-boggling peach address
  12/08/25
why is it duh-fence in every other context and DEE-fence in ...
Sooty marvelous lay roast beef
  12/08/25
* war we play offense and war
ocher know-it-all gay wizard
  12/08/25
yeah but theres still stuff like self-defense.
Sooty marvelous lay roast beef
  12/08/25
lol maybe it's related to the D-fence cheers and such tha...
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Magenta Hominid
  12/08/25
It is an anachronism. It was originally one "playoff&qu...
excitant parlor sex offender
  12/08/25
you sound oriental. only orientals speak of "IP" i...
ocher know-it-all gay wizard
  12/08/25
College footballs playoff, actually.
Misanthropic light spot
  12/08/25
already said above, asshole https://xoxohth.com/thread.ph...
ocher know-it-all gay wizard
  12/08/25
each game a "Playoff," and, collectively, "th...
ocher know-it-all gay wizard
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Emerald field lettuce
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filthy ivory really tough guy plaza
  12/09/25
Clip from 1983 calling it the “Super Bowl tournament&r...
Aromatic Set
  12/13/25
Nm, apparently it was just a strike related thing since seas...
Aromatic Set
  12/13/25


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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:02 AM
Author: Mind-boggling peach address



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:33 AM
Author: Irradiated yarmulke bawdyhouse

why do you fart cum from your asshole?

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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: Motley Overrated Library Volcanic Crater

because there is no super bowl in college

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493211)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: ocher know-it-all gay wizard

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493224)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:58 AM
Author: filthy ivory really tough guy plaza

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493613)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:23 AM
Author: ocher know-it-all gay wizard

* footballs playoff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493212)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:31 AM
Author: Sadistic state milk

playsoff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493228)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:00 AM
Author: Emerald field lettuce

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493276)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:07 AM
Author: ocher know-it-all gay wizard

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493285)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 3:33 PM
Author: clear travel guidebook step-uncle's house



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: Talented trust fund fat ankles

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493245)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:54 AM
Author: ocher know-it-all gay wizard

>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\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493266)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:56 AM
Author: Cream Passionate Organic Girlfriend Reading Party

good answer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493268)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:58 AM
Author: ocher know-it-all gay wizard

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493273)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:13 AM
Author: Cream Passionate Organic Girlfriend Reading Party

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493298)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:19 AM
Author: ocher know-it-all gay wizard

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493312)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:16 AM
Author: Mind-boggling peach address



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:57 AM
Author: Sooty marvelous lay roast beef

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493272)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: ocher know-it-all gay wizard

* war

we play offense and war

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493274)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:02 AM
Author: Sooty marvelous lay roast beef

yeah but theres still stuff like self-defense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493418)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:10 AM
Author: ocher know-it-all gay wizard

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493461)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: Magenta Hominid



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:21 AM
Author: excitant parlor sex offender

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493317)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:36 AM
Author: ocher know-it-all gay wizard

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493342)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:11 AM
Author: Misanthropic light spot

College footballs playoff, actually.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493466)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: ocher know-it-all gay wizard

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493496)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: ocher know-it-all gay wizard

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49493890)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 1:56 PM
Author: Emerald field lettuce



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:26 PM
Author: filthy ivory really tough guy plaza



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Date: December 13th, 2025 8:55 AM
Author: Aromatic Set

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

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#49506436)



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Date: December 13th, 2025 8:58 AM
Author: Aromatic Set

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#49506437)