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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.
The headline splitWPLG 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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'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...
