...Jeff Hoover. Hoover was killed in a car crash late Saturday as he returned home from a playoff game against Southern Illinois, officials said Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Eastern Illinois University

...football game. Hoover was killed late Saturday in a car crash as he returned home from a playoff game against Southern Illinois, officials said Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Eastern Illinois University

...Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) warms up before the start of the game in the NFC Divisional Playoffs against the Philadelphia Eagles at Giants Stadium

...in Atlanta. The BCS coordinator said, Thursday Jan. 8, 2009, major college football's leaders feel the postseason system is in compliance with federal antitrust laws. Speaking to reporters, Swofford did not specifically address the...

...in Atlanta. The BCS coordinator said, Thursday Jan. 8, 2009, major college football's leaders feel the postseason system is in compliance with federal antitrust laws. Speaking to reporters, Swofford did not specifically address the...

Barack Obama talked playoff for the Football Bowl Subdivision on Monday Night Football

7 Dec 1996: Quarterback James Brown of the Texas Longhorns avoid defensive pressure during a playoff game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at the TWA Dome in St. Louis, Missouri. Texas won the game...

...plan Wednesday to turn the controversial system for deciding a national football champ into a four-team playoff, starting in the 2010 season. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter

...of Delaware's Robbie Agnone before tackling him in the first half of a Football Championship Subdivision Playoff semifinal Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, in Carbondale, Ill. (AP Photo/Pamela Kay Schmalenberger

...Jordan, right, pressures Delaware's Joe Flacco as he throws a pass Erik Johnson during a college playoff football game against Southern Illinois, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, in Carbondale, Ill. (AP Photo/Pamela Kay Schmalenberger...

Playoffs

...Jordan, right, pressures Delaware's Joe Flacco as he throws a pass Erik Johnson during a college playoff football game against Southern Illinois, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, in Carbondale, Ill

...score 30 - 21 Saturday Dec. 1, 2007 at a quarterfinal football game of the NCAA Championship Subdivision playoffs in Boone, N.C

...run with Mike Karney #44 in the third quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles during the NFC divisional playoff game at the Superdome on January 13, 2007 i

Would a playoff give Mike Hart and Michigan a spot in the title game