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

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Saffron home telephone
  12/08/25
why do you fart cum from your asshole?
walnut prole locus
  12/08/25
because there is no super bowl in college
Topaz flickering twinkling uncleanness
  12/08/25
i first thought you're on to something. indeed, the major pr...
razzle hall stain
  12/08/25
I dunno, that makes sense in historical context. The league...
at-the-ready vermilion pit
  12/08/25
* footballs playoff
razzle hall stain
  12/08/25
playsoff
Navy Charismatic Degenerate
  12/08/25
I was sure you made this thread until I saw that each word i...
adulterous dog poop location
  12/08/25
rofl it's my kind of autistic thread. is OP an ironside p...
razzle hall stain
  12/08/25
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big-titted buck-toothed mental disorder
  12/09/25
Maybe a holdover from the 4 team where it was just one round...
odious tank trailer park
  12/08/25
>Maybe a holdover from the 4 team where it was just one r...
razzle hall stain
  12/08/25
good answer.
Yapping Den
  12/08/25
it's a good attempt at an answer, but not a good answer. i m...
razzle hall stain
  12/08/25
the holdover from the four-team era response is compelling. ...
Yapping Den
  12/08/25
yeah, when spelled out like this, it becomes more compelling...
razzle hall stain
  12/08/25
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Saffron home telephone
  12/08/25
why is it duh-fence in every other context and DEE-fence in ...
Slap-happy exciting organic girlfriend university
  12/08/25
* war we play offense and war
razzle hall stain
  12/08/25
yeah but theres still stuff like self-defense.
Slap-happy exciting organic girlfriend university
  12/08/25
lol maybe it's related to the D-fence cheers and such tha...
razzle hall stain
  12/08/25
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opaque haunted graveyard
  12/08/25
It is an anachronism. It was originally one "playoff&qu...
embarrassed to the bone mad-dog skullcap dopamine
  12/08/25
you sound oriental. only orientals speak of "IP" i...
razzle hall stain
  12/08/25
College footballs playoff, actually.
Twisted godawful famous landscape painting
  12/08/25
already said above, asshole https://xoxohth.com/thread.ph...
razzle hall stain
  12/08/25
each game a "Playoff," and, collectively, "th...
razzle hall stain
  12/08/25
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adulterous dog poop location
  12/08/25
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at-the-ready vermilion pit
  12/09/25
Clip from 1983 calling it the “Super Bowl tournament&r...
Amethyst swollen public bath halford
  12/13/25
Nm, apparently it was just a strike related thing since seas...
Amethyst swollen public bath halford
  12/13/25


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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:02 AM
Author: Saffron home telephone



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:33 AM
Author: walnut prole locus

why do you fart cum from your asshole?

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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: Topaz flickering twinkling uncleanness

because there is no super bowl in college

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49493211)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: razzle hall stain

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=5310906#49493224)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:58 AM
Author: at-the-ready vermilion pit

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=5310906#49493613)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:23 AM
Author: razzle hall stain

* footballs playoff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49493212)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:31 AM
Author: Navy Charismatic Degenerate

playsoff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49493228)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:00 AM
Author: adulterous dog poop location

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=5310906#49493276)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:07 AM
Author: razzle hall stain

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=5310906#49493285)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 3:33 PM
Author: big-titted buck-toothed mental disorder



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: odious tank trailer park

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=5310906#49493245)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:54 AM
Author: razzle hall stain

>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=5310906#49493266)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:56 AM
Author: Yapping Den

good answer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49493268)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:58 AM
Author: razzle hall stain

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=5310906#49493273)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:13 AM
Author: Yapping Den

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=5310906#49493298)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:19 AM
Author: razzle hall stain

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=5310906#49493312)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:16 AM
Author: Saffron home telephone



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:57 AM
Author: Slap-happy exciting organic girlfriend university

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=5310906#49493272)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: razzle hall stain

* war

we play offense and war

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49493274)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:02 AM
Author: Slap-happy exciting organic girlfriend university

yeah but theres still stuff like self-defense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49493418)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:10 AM
Author: razzle hall stain

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=5310906#49493461)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: opaque haunted graveyard



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:21 AM
Author: embarrassed to the bone mad-dog skullcap dopamine

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=5310906#49493317)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:36 AM
Author: razzle hall stain

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=5310906#49493342)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:11 AM
Author: Twisted godawful famous landscape painting

College footballs playoff, actually.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49493466)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: razzle hall stain

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=5310906#49493496)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: razzle hall stain

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49493890)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 1:56 PM
Author: adulterous dog poop location



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:26 PM
Author: at-the-ready vermilion pit



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Date: December 13th, 2025 8:55 AM
Author: Amethyst swollen public bath halford

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=5310906#49506436)



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Date: December 13th, 2025 8:58 AM
Author: Amethyst swollen public bath halford

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=5310906#49506437)