College Football Playoff Shifts Dates To Avoid New Year's Eve Conflict

College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock announced Friday a scheduling shift for future CFP semifinal games. Per USAToday.com:

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Playoff executive director Bill Hancock told USA TODAY Sports the event’s management committee has decided to change the dates of the Playoff semifinals in four of seven years when those games were scheduled for Dec. 31. They now will instead be played on the preceding Saturday. The other three years, New Year’s Day falls on Saturday or is designated a Federal holiday.

“We looked at the replay,” Hancock said, “and we reversed the call.”

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