According to the ESPN's Brett McMurphy, the name for college football's long awaited playoff will be... ahem... rather non-exotic:
"College Football Playoff" new name for 4-team playoff, sources told @espn. Official announcement Tuesday evening
— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) April 23, 2013
Well, that's certainly one name for the event, which will begin in 2014 and will bring the four "best" teams together for a three-game playoff. ESPN is paying nearly $6 billion to televise College Football Playoff for 12 years and hey, what do you know... Look who registered collegefootballplayoff.com all the way back in 2003.
The BCS hired Premier Sports Management, the same outfit responsible for the Lowes Senior CLASS Award, to rebrand and help come up with the new name. "College Football Playoff" was also trademarked with the USPTO on March 28, with video games, digital media, jewelry, watches, rings, printed publications and just about anything you can think of listed as uses.
As you can imagine, Twitter erupted soon after the news was leaked:
WOAH. LET'S NOT GET CRAZY NOW. RT @mcmurphyespn: "College Football Playoff" new name for 4-team playoff, sources told @espn.
— Adam Kramer (@KegsnEggs) April 23, 2013
College Football Playoff will be played in College Football Playoff Stadium in College Football Playoff Host City.
— Michael Citro (@11W_Michael) April 23, 2013
The Super Terrific Happy Playoff just doesn't really have a ring to it.
— Jeff Svoboda (@JeffSvoboda) April 23, 2013
B1G commish Jim delany on new Playoff name: "I'll be happy w whatever. Obviously I'm not great with names."
— Bruce Feldman (@BFeldmanCBS) April 23, 2013
Wasn't "College Football Playoff, Sponsored by N-N-N-Napa Know How" also available for consideration?
— Vico (@ourhonordefend) April 23, 2013
If "College Football Playoff" was the pick, I'd like to know what came in second. Or last.
— Paul Myerberg (@PaulMyerberg) April 23, 2013
Basketball has the Final Four, hockey has the Frozen Four, and football has...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
— Michael Citro (@11W_Michael) April 23, 2013
BREAKING: Lorem Ipsum Bowl announced as first College Football Playoff site.
— sir broosk (@celebrityhottub) April 23, 2013
Other finalists for the name of college football's long-awaited playoffs: "Four-Team Football Tournament" and "Semifinals Before Finals."
— Eleven Warriors (@11W) April 23, 2013
This is eventually going to be "The Allstate College Football Playoff Presented by AT&T With a Side of Tostitos Chips and Salsa" right?
— Patrick Southern (@patricksouthern) April 23, 2013
OU AD Joe Castiglione on hearing the name "College Football Playoff": "Is that really the name or just a space-filler?"
— Bruce Feldman (@BFeldmanCBS) April 23, 2013
