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'Handshake agreement' with ESPN brings college football closer to a 24-team playoff, AP source says

Newsweek and WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened'Handshake agreement' with ESPN brings college football closer to a 24-team playoff, AP source says.
What changedWPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami) frames it as "'Handshake agreement' with ESPN brings college football closer to a 24-team playoff, AP s...". Newsweek frames it as "Kirk Herbstreit Sounds Off on New 24-Team College Football Playoff Model".
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Still Watching. WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami) frames it as "'Handshake agreement' with ESPN brings college football closer to a 24-team playoff, AP s...". Newsweek frames it as "Kirk Herbstreit Sounds Off on New 24-Team College Football Playoff Model".

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Oct 16, 11:54 PM: WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami) joined the source map.

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Center ·News report

'Handshake agreement' with ESPN brings college football closer to a 24-team playoff, AP source says

College football moved closer to a 24-team postseason after securing what a person familiar with the negotiations called a “handshake agreement” between the College Football Playoff and bro...

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Center ·News report
Newsweek1h ago

Kirk Herbstreit Sounds Off on New 24-Team College Football Playoff Model

ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit shared his blunt reaction to the College Football Playoff model potentially expanding from 12 teams to 24.

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