Talk:Plus-One system

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I came to this page looking to confirm that this system would be what any other competition would call a semi-final round. That is, the BCS National Championship Game would remain the "finals", and this system would introduce a prior semi-finals to determine who competes in the NCG. As far as I can tell that's what's being proposed, and if so, I don't think I'm the only one a little confused that the name is "plus-one" instead of "semi-finals". Therefore, to help out similarly confused people, I want to add to the article that a plus-one can be thought of as the addition of a semi-finals -- but before I do, I want to confirm that my thinking is correct and there's not a meaningful distinction I'm missing. Hythlodayalmond (talk) 15:34, 2 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

Actually, the "plus one" in the name refers to the national championship game, which is an additional game for the participating finalists. It's a term specific to American college football scheduling and the debate regarding playoffs, and not a general term for any four-team tournament. It shouldn't be characterized as a general term. The article is confusingly written in that regard and needs a change. I'll work on it. oknazevad (talk) 11:39, 30 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

The term Plus-one system, was often used to refer to the idea of selecting the participants in the National Championship game after playing the regular bowl season, not just to refer to a 4 team playoff. This article doesn’t even mention that usage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.222.187.226 (talk) 01:27, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Collecting citations for various years' proposed post-Bowl games, Poll Bowls, and "plus one" games that never were:

• 1917: Proposed game between Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh for the benefit of the Red Cross. Never has there been a greater interest manifested in two teams and it is a pity that they could not have met on the gridiron. It will always be a source of lasting regret of football enthusiasts that these two elevens did not meet. There was national clamor for such a clash.
• 1954: Possibility of a "National championship" football game between currently unbeaten University of Miami and UCLA on December 3rd in Miami.
• 1977: Lou Holtz (in 1988): "...believes college football should have its own Super Bowl. "I've always been an advocate of a two-team playoff that would come after the bowls. I've been for a national championship game since 1977. I just don't believe a playoff should come at the expense of the bowls."
• 1985: "Suppose this year's 'national playoff' matched the Orange Bowl winner against Brigham Young? Would everybody be satisfied?" New York Times - Jan 1, 1985
• 1987: "The plan, Meyers said, was for the Fiesta Bowl to be held on or about Jan. 15 next year, two weeks after the New Year's Day bowl games. The two teams would be selected from among the winners of those games." PETER ALFANO (1987, Jan 02). THE FUTURE IS NOW FOR FIESTA COMMITTEE. New York Times
• 1991: Sports Illustrated That was the entire raison d'etre of this dream game in the desert: to unsplit the Associated Press and USA Today/CNN polls and to crown one true champion for the 1991 season.
• 1994: Grantland I’ve thought about myself, at age 22, writing petulant columns for my college newspaper about the hypothetical outcomes of a Penn State–Nebraska national championship that would never be played in 1994.
• 2004: Wall Street Journal You know how every time there's a college-football championship controversy, someone calls for the teams with a title claim to play each other after the season is over, to settle all disputes? The players, one senses, always would love to participate. Auburn's players said so yesterday, and we'd guess the winners tonight will, too.

PK-WIKI (talk) 16:27, 30 October 2023 (UTC)Reply