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On the recordJune 26, 2012
I first want to take a little victory lap this morning. The college presidents announced yesterday we are going to have a non-BCS football playoff in college football, and I can take a little bit of credit because back when I was chairman of this committee, we had some hearings on that and we got the ball rolling and they announced a 2014 playoff, so I want to commend them but also take credit for this committee highlighting that issue several years ago.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas
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Barton claims credit for initiating the college football playoff discussions.

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