A playoff fan is a sports fan who has no interest in a sport or a team during the regular season. But come playoff time, that same fan is transformed into the biggest diehard fan you have ever seen.
Bob did not watch one Laker's game all season, but now that they are in the playoffs, his car is decked out in 100 Lakers flags. What a playoff fan.
by Trebled Yenkcip May 11, 2009
Get the Playoff Fan mug.When one's sports team makes it to the playoffs. Team members stop shaving their facial hair thus growing a 'playoff beard.' As long as that team is in the playoffs, the beard stays. When the team loses and gets removed from the playoffs, or ends up winning the championship; then, the beard can be shaved.
"Hey John, I heard your team lost your semi-finals game yesterday."
"Yeah we did, it's a shame. I gotta' shave the old playoff beard off tonight."
"Yeah we did, it's a shame. I gotta' shave the old playoff beard off tonight."
by Andrew Dargel June 1, 2006
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A gay man’s female best friend who recommends Netflix love movies after his buddies’ favorite hockey team is eliminated from playoff contention.
by HockeyTim57 August 8, 2020
Get the Playoff Beard mug.A US college football playoff does not currently exist in the Football Bowl Subdivision, where polls and bowls determine the champion. These polls are heavily biased. A proper playoff would involve all 11 college football conference champions, and a 12th team to round out the field - either the next-best 2nd-place team or an Independent.
Four games are played in September, four games in October, four games in November.
At the end of the season, ALL college conferences will be obliged to stage a championship game between their top two teams to determine their conference champion, if the top two teams finish within one game of each other, or if they send the winners of their two divisions to a championship game anyway. (i.e. 11-1 and 10-2).
If there is a clear winner after the season is concluded (i.e. a 12-0 team, with the next-best team being 10-2), no championship game is required.
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Week of Dec. 1-7)
ROUND ONE
7 of these 11 conference champions, plus the best 2nd-place team (or an Independent - whatever works) play at the sites of the 4 major bowls during the second week of December. (8th to 14th)
The four winning teams move on.
The schools can then break for exams and holidays.
ROUND TWO
The four major bowl games are the Orange, Sugar, Rose, and Fiesta Bowl. The winners from round 1 meet up with the four top-ranked conference champions in these bowl games.
Four teams move on in the playoff from here.
The TOP 4 conference champions get byes to round 2, which, coincidentally, will be the four major bowl games. The bowl games have historical significance in college football, and some college conferences have contractual tie-ins which give them huge sums of money.
This is the main reason that college presidents in these conferences are against a playoff. They don't want to give up the money that their schools earn through the bowls. This playoff system does not get rid of them.
ROUND THREE
In round 3, 2 of the sites of those bowl games host the semi-final games.
The following season, the other two sites host the semi-finals.
ROUND 4
The FBS championship will also rotate between the 4 bowls, as it does now.
So there you have it. No bowls get eliminated, which makes the college presidents happy.
The teams that get knocked out of the playoff can also go on to play in other bowls if they so wish.
Four games are played in September, four games in October, four games in November.
At the end of the season, ALL college conferences will be obliged to stage a championship game between their top two teams to determine their conference champion, if the top two teams finish within one game of each other, or if they send the winners of their two divisions to a championship game anyway. (i.e. 11-1 and 10-2).
If there is a clear winner after the season is concluded (i.e. a 12-0 team, with the next-best team being 10-2), no championship game is required.
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Week of Dec. 1-7)
ROUND ONE
7 of these 11 conference champions, plus the best 2nd-place team (or an Independent - whatever works) play at the sites of the 4 major bowls during the second week of December. (8th to 14th)
The four winning teams move on.
The schools can then break for exams and holidays.
ROUND TWO
The four major bowl games are the Orange, Sugar, Rose, and Fiesta Bowl. The winners from round 1 meet up with the four top-ranked conference champions in these bowl games.
Four teams move on in the playoff from here.
The TOP 4 conference champions get byes to round 2, which, coincidentally, will be the four major bowl games. The bowl games have historical significance in college football, and some college conferences have contractual tie-ins which give them huge sums of money.
This is the main reason that college presidents in these conferences are against a playoff. They don't want to give up the money that their schools earn through the bowls. This playoff system does not get rid of them.
ROUND THREE
In round 3, 2 of the sites of those bowl games host the semi-final games.
The following season, the other two sites host the semi-finals.
ROUND 4
The FBS championship will also rotate between the 4 bowls, as it does now.
So there you have it. No bowls get eliminated, which makes the college presidents happy.
The teams that get knocked out of the playoff can also go on to play in other bowls if they so wish.
A college football playoff would allow the US college football champion to be determined on the field, instead of by arbitrary polls.
by Emcee D February 3, 2009
Get the college football playoff mug.A beard often grown by male college students during either finals week or a time period with a high amount of mid-term exams. Usually grown for good luck or as a result of a lack of time.
Doug: Mark you don't normally grow out much facial hair.
Mark: Well it is finals week this week...
Doug: Ah, gotta love the playoff beard.
Mark: Well it is finals week this week...
Doug: Ah, gotta love the playoff beard.
by K. Botti December 14, 2008
Get the Playoff Beard mug.Similar to the NHL Playoff Beard, but Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks recreated the tradition into a Playoff Mullet.
Business in the front, party in the back.
Business in the front, party in the back.
by Left Winger April 11, 2011
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Josh: "Hey, you wanna go to the Rangers game 7 tonight?"
Claire: "Hell no, those Rangers fans are playoff nasty!"
Claire: "Hell no, those Rangers fans are playoff nasty!"
by cdoubleu May 14, 2013
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