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

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Iridescent Irradiated Roommate
  12/08/25
why do you fart cum from your asshole?
Infuriating dopamine
  12/08/25
because there is no super bowl in college
Smoky Senate Telephone
  12/08/25
i first thought you're on to something. indeed, the major pr...
jade beady-eyed station crotch
  12/08/25
I dunno, that makes sense in historical context. The league...
Self-centered Chapel
  12/08/25
* footballs playoff
jade beady-eyed station crotch
  12/08/25
playsoff
motley center wagecucks
  12/08/25
I was sure you made this thread until I saw that each word i...
Amethyst curious skinny woman school cafeteria
  12/08/25
rofl it's my kind of autistic thread. is OP an ironside p...
jade beady-eyed station crotch
  12/08/25
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at-the-ready arousing fortuitous meteor pocket flask
  12/09/25
Maybe a holdover from the 4 team where it was just one round...
Vengeful irate juggernaut gas station
  12/08/25
>Maybe a holdover from the 4 team where it was just one r...
jade beady-eyed station crotch
  12/08/25
good answer.
Impertinent Turdskin Ladyboy
  12/08/25
it's a good attempt at an answer, but not a good answer. i m...
jade beady-eyed station crotch
  12/08/25
the holdover from the four-team era response is compelling. ...
Impertinent Turdskin Ladyboy
  12/08/25
yeah, when spelled out like this, it becomes more compelling...
jade beady-eyed station crotch
  12/08/25
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Iridescent Irradiated Roommate
  12/08/25
why is it duh-fence in every other context and DEE-fence in ...
swashbuckling deep orchestra pit
  12/08/25
* war we play offense and war
jade beady-eyed station crotch
  12/08/25
yeah but theres still stuff like self-defense.
swashbuckling deep orchestra pit
  12/08/25
lol maybe it's related to the D-fence cheers and such tha...
jade beady-eyed station crotch
  12/08/25
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Copper Unhinged Deer Antler
  12/08/25
It is an anachronism. It was originally one "playoff&qu...
Appetizing dun area codepig
  12/08/25
you sound oriental. only orientals speak of "IP" i...
jade beady-eyed station crotch
  12/08/25
College footballs playoff, actually.
excitant cerise range
  12/08/25
already said above, asshole https://xoxohth.com/thread.ph...
jade beady-eyed station crotch
  12/08/25
each game a "Playoff," and, collectively, "th...
jade beady-eyed station crotch
  12/08/25
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Amethyst curious skinny woman school cafeteria
  12/08/25
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Self-centered Chapel
  12/09/25
Clip from 1983 calling it the “Super Bowl tournament&r...
Painfully Honest Carnelian Brethren
  12/13/25
Nm, apparently it was just a strike related thing since seas...
Painfully Honest Carnelian Brethren
  12/13/25


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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:02 AM
Author: Iridescent Irradiated Roommate



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:33 AM
Author: Infuriating dopamine

why do you fart cum from your asshole?

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: Smoky Senate Telephone

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: jade beady-eyed station 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#49493224)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:58 AM
Author: Self-centered Chapel

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: jade beady-eyed station crotch

* 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: motley center wagecucks

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: Amethyst curious skinny woman school cafeteria

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: jade beady-eyed station 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#49493285)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 3:33 PM
Author: at-the-ready arousing fortuitous meteor pocket flask



(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: Vengeful irate juggernaut gas station

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#49493245)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:54 AM
Author: jade beady-eyed station 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#49493266)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:56 AM
Author: Impertinent Turdskin Ladyboy

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: jade beady-eyed station 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#49493273)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:13 AM
Author: Impertinent Turdskin Ladyboy

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: jade beady-eyed station 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#49493312)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:16 AM
Author: Iridescent Irradiated Roommate



(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: swashbuckling deep orchestra pit

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: jade beady-eyed station crotch

* war

we play offense and war

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:02 AM
Author: swashbuckling deep orchestra pit

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: jade beady-eyed station 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#49493461)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: Copper Unhinged Deer Antler



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:21 AM
Author: Appetizing dun area codepig

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: jade beady-eyed station crotch

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: excitant cerise range

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: jade beady-eyed station 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#49493496)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: jade beady-eyed station crotch

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: Amethyst curious skinny woman school cafeteria



(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: Self-centered Chapel



(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: Painfully Honest Carnelian Brethren

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#49506436)



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Date: December 13th, 2025 8:58 AM
Author: Painfully Honest Carnelian Brethren

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#49506437)