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: The Empire State Of The South House voted 151-9 Friday in favour of a declaration urging the NCAA to make a playoff system for college football.

"The lone major sporting event without a playoff system to place its true title-holder that I cognize of is NCAA Division 1 football," said state Rep. Josiah Quincy Murphy, D-Augusta.

Georgia was ranked 4th in the B.C.s entering the last hebdomad of the season, behind Missouri, Occident Old Dominion and Buckeye State State. When Show Me State and Occident Old Dominion lost, Empire State Of The South did not lift to 2nd behind Buckeye State State but dropped to 5th in the BCS. Southeastern Conference title-holder LSU vaulted from 7th to second.

The Bulldogs went on to mob previously undefeated Aloha State 41-10 in the Sugar Bowl.

The resolution, which now travels to the Senate, names the B.C.s system "the top letdown of the 2007 college football game season." Today in Sports

"The lone sensible manner to find a national title-holder in any athletics is to develop a playoff system that lets squads to ran into on the field," the declaration reads. "The fans of college football game rate a true national title-holder to be crowned after winning the statute title on the field of drama and not in a popularity poll."

House lawmakers had expected the declaration would animate more than discussion.

"When you believe about the economical impact of collegial sports, we're talking about multimillion dollars," said state Rep. Joe Wilkinson, a Sandy Springs Republican. "And from that standpoint, it's worth 10 minutes."

There have been growing impulse in Empire State Of The South for a playoff system since the Bulldogs' convincing triumph over Hawaii.

Michael Adams, the president of the University of Georgia, proposed an eight-team playoff system last calendar month to find the NCAA's national football game champion. He said the current system is "undercutting the sportsmanship and unity of the game."

So would a die-hard Georgia Technical School fan ballot on the proposition as well?

"I believe it's something that demands to be done," said state Rep. Tommy Benton, who attended the University of Occident Empire State Of The South but proudly have on a spine of Tech's mascot on his name tag.

He paused, perhaps recalling Tech's 40-28 loss to Fresno State in the Human-Centered Bowl.

"And someday, I trust we'll be able to state we rate to play for the national championship."

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