... announcing that Mark Emmert will be the new president of the collegiate governing body. The University of Washington president wasn't even on the job search radar, as Hartford president Walter Harrison, Georgia prez Michael Adams and NCAA executive Bernard Franklin were seen as the front runners. Emmert will assume his new role as of Nov. 1. Once you get to know this guy a little bit, it's quickly apparent that college football sports fans pushing for a playoff system might finally have an in-house savior.

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