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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: sepia hospital newt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2#49493176) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:33 AM Author: Talented apoplectic resort why do you fart cum from your asshole? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2#49493231) |
Date: December 8th, 2025 9:22 AM Author: Duck-like Coldplay Fan Windowlicker because there is no super bowl in college (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2#49493211) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:29 AM Author: fighting comical organic girlfriend 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: sapphire theater 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#49493613) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:23 AM Author: fighting comical organic girlfriend * footballs playoff (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2#49493212) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:31 AM Author: violent maniacal circlehead playsoff (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2#49493228) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:00 AM Author: swashbuckling spot immigrant 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#49493276) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:07 AM Author: fighting comical organic girlfriend 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: Dashing Sick Indirect Expression Den (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2#49497164) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:44 AM Author: Laughsome headpube 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: fighting comical organic girlfriend >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: big obsidian main people good answer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2#49493268) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:58 AM Author: fighting comical organic girlfriend 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#49493273) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:13 AM Author: big obsidian main people 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#49493298) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:19 AM Author: fighting comical organic girlfriend 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: sepia hospital newt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2#49493302) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:57 AM Author: Curious outnumbered native 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#49493272) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:59 AM Author: fighting comical organic girlfriend * war
we play offense and war |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:02 AM Author: Curious outnumbered native yeah but theres still stuff like self-defense. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2#49493418) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:10 AM Author: fighting comical organic girlfriend 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: Light Mind-boggling Stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2#49493838) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:21 AM Author: crystalline national 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#49493317) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:36 AM Author: fighting comical organic girlfriend you sound oriental. only orientals speak of "IP" in this fashion. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2#49493342) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:11 AM Author: Beady-eyed police squad College footballs playoff, actually. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2#49493466) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:19 AM Author: fighting comical organic girlfriend 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: fighting comical organic girlfriend each game a "Playoff," and, collectively, "the Playoffs" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2#49493890) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 1:56 PM Author: swashbuckling spot immigrant (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2#49494083) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:26 PM Author: sapphire theater (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807769&forum_id=2#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 |
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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 |