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

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plum embarrassed to the bone marketing idea office
  12/08/25
why do you fart cum from your asshole?
coiffed mediation
  12/08/25
because there is no super bowl in college
Arousing clown
  12/08/25
i first thought you're on to something. indeed, the major pr...
swollen maroon crackhouse crotch
  12/08/25
I dunno, that makes sense in historical context. The league...
Lascivious half-breed mad cow disease
  12/08/25
* footballs playoff
swollen maroon crackhouse crotch
  12/08/25
playsoff
Iridescent stock car
  12/08/25
I was sure you made this thread until I saw that each word i...
Ocher Erotic Liquid Oxygen
  12/08/25
rofl it's my kind of autistic thread. is OP an ironside p...
swollen maroon crackhouse crotch
  12/08/25
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John Frum
  12/09/25
Maybe a holdover from the 4 team where it was just one round...
Pink racy gaping
  12/08/25
>Maybe a holdover from the 4 team where it was just one r...
swollen maroon crackhouse crotch
  12/08/25
good answer.
Slippery corner volcanic crater
  12/08/25
it's a good attempt at an answer, but not a good answer. i m...
swollen maroon crackhouse crotch
  12/08/25
the holdover from the four-team era response is compelling. ...
Slippery corner volcanic crater
  12/08/25
yeah, when spelled out like this, it becomes more compelling...
swollen maroon crackhouse crotch
  12/08/25
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plum embarrassed to the bone marketing idea office
  12/08/25
why is it duh-fence in every other context and DEE-fence in ...
Frozen skinny woman
  12/08/25
* war we play offense and war
swollen maroon crackhouse crotch
  12/08/25
yeah but theres still stuff like self-defense.
Frozen skinny woman
  12/08/25
lol maybe it's related to the D-fence cheers and such tha...
swollen maroon crackhouse crotch
  12/08/25
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hyperventilating water buffalo
  12/08/25
It is an anachronism. It was originally one "playoff&qu...
bonkers black woman
  12/08/25
you sound oriental. only orientals speak of "IP" i...
swollen maroon crackhouse crotch
  12/08/25
College footballs playoff, actually.
bistre aromatic station
  12/08/25
already said above, asshole https://xoxohth.com/thread.ph...
swollen maroon crackhouse crotch
  12/08/25
each game a "Playoff," and, collectively, "th...
swollen maroon crackhouse crotch
  12/08/25
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Ocher Erotic Liquid Oxygen
  12/08/25
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Marshall W. Waller
  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: plum embarrassed to the bone marketing idea office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49493176)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:33 AM
Author: coiffed mediation

why do you fart cum from your asshole?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49493231)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: Arousing clown

because there is no super bowl in college

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49493211)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: swollen maroon crackhouse crotch

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\u0026show=today",#49493224)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:58 AM
Author: Lascivious half-breed mad cow disease

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\u0026show=today",#49493613)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:23 AM
Author: swollen maroon crackhouse crotch

* footballs playoff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49493212)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:31 AM
Author: Iridescent stock car

playsoff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49493228)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:00 AM
Author: Ocher Erotic Liquid Oxygen

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\u0026show=today",#49493276)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:07 AM
Author: swollen maroon crackhouse crotch

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\u0026show=today",#49493285)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 3:33 PM
Author: John Frum



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: Pink racy gaping

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\u0026show=today",#49493245)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:54 AM
Author: swollen maroon crackhouse crotch

>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\u0026show=today",#49493266)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:56 AM
Author: Slippery corner volcanic crater

good answer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49493268)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:58 AM
Author: swollen maroon crackhouse crotch

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\u0026show=today",#49493273)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:13 AM
Author: Slippery corner volcanic crater

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\u0026show=today",#49493298)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:19 AM
Author: swollen maroon crackhouse crotch

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\u0026show=today",#49493312)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:16 AM
Author: plum embarrassed to the bone marketing idea office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49493302)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:57 AM
Author: Frozen skinny woman

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\u0026show=today",#49493272)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: swollen maroon crackhouse crotch

* war

we play offense and war

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49493274)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:02 AM
Author: Frozen skinny woman

yeah but theres still stuff like self-defense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49493418)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:10 AM
Author: swollen maroon crackhouse crotch

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\u0026show=today",#49493461)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: hyperventilating water buffalo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49493838)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:21 AM
Author: bonkers black woman

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\u0026show=today",#49493317)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:36 AM
Author: swollen maroon crackhouse crotch

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49493342)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:11 AM
Author: bistre aromatic station

College footballs playoff, actually.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49493466)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:19 AM
Author: swollen maroon crackhouse crotch

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\u0026show=today",#49493496)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: swollen maroon crackhouse crotch

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49493890)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 1:56 PM
Author: Ocher Erotic Liquid Oxygen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49494083)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:26 PM
Author: Marshall W. Waller



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49496762)



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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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49506436)



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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\u0026show=today",#49506437)