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Why is it “the playoffs” in NFL but “the playoff” in college?
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:02 AM Author: light sanctuary (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49493176) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:33 AM Author: smoky lay why do you fart cum from your asshole? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49493231) |
Date: December 8th, 2025 9:22 AM Author: Plum faggot firefighter station because there is no super bowl in college (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49493211) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:29 AM Author: Supple Tantric Fat Ankles Dilemma 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. |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:58 AM Author: maize out-of-control library 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=5310752#49493613) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:23 AM Author: Supple Tantric Fat Ankles Dilemma * footballs playoff (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49493212) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:31 AM Author: Olive big parlor playsoff (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49493228) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:00 AM Author: histrionic gas station 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=5310752#49493276) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:07 AM Author: Supple Tantric Fat Ankles Dilemma rofl it's my kind of autistic thread.
is OP an ironside pumo? has ironside been around in years? |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 3:33 PM Author: Infuriating School (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49497164) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:44 AM Author: Irradiated painfully honest wrinkle depressive 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? |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:54 AM Author: Supple Tantric Fat Ankles Dilemma >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. |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:56 AM Author: rusted office good answer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49493268) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:58 AM Author: Supple Tantric Fat Ankles Dilemma 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=5310752#49493273) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:13 AM Author: rusted office 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=5310752#49493298) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:19 AM Author: Supple Tantric Fat Ankles Dilemma 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. |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:16 AM Author: light sanctuary (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49493302) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:57 AM Author: racy chapel 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=5310752#49493272) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:59 AM Author: Supple Tantric Fat Ankles Dilemma * war
we play offense and war |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:02 AM Author: racy chapel yeah but theres still stuff like self-defense. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49493418) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:10 AM Author: Supple Tantric Fat Ankles Dilemma 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? |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:45 PM Author: Hyperactive Electric Furnace (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49493838) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:21 AM Author: Cerebral claret tanning salon 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=5310752#49493317) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:36 AM Author: Supple Tantric Fat Ankles Dilemma 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=5310752#49493342) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:11 AM Author: Excitant garnet gaming laptop College footballs playoff, actually. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49493466) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:19 AM Author: Supple Tantric Fat Ankles Dilemma already said above, asshole
https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&mc=22&forum_id=2#49493212 |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:56 PM Author: Supple Tantric Fat Ankles Dilemma each game a "Playoff," and, collectively, "the Playoffs" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49493890) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 1:56 PM Author: histrionic gas station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49494083) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:26 PM Author: maize out-of-control library (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#49496762) |
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Date: December 13th, 2025 8:55 AM Author: azure multi-colored piazza 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: azure multi-colored piazza 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 |