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So, the bcs is going away? i hear it's very warm where the bcs will go. we have a new thing: a playoff system. that is what and ahead unless breaking news changes everything. >> but, first, from fox at 3:00 in new york city the child sex abuse state of the penn state assistant football coach, jerry sandusky, now goes to the jury. attorneys for both sides deliver their closing arguments and the jury is deliberating 48 counts, not 51 against coach jerry sandusky accused of raping and molesting ten boys over 15 years. the defense attorney blamed the "system," saying the investigators were determi...

And what one multi-millionaire ceo bought him himself to indulge. that's straight ahead. a record setting night at yankee stadium. and college football takes another step towards a playoff system. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. welcome to hotels.com. summer road trip, huh? as the hotel experts, finding you the perfect place is all we do. this summer, save up to 30%, plus get up to $100 on us. welcome to hotels.com.

Espn reporting that the proposed playoff system would feature two national semifinal games played within the four existing bcs bowl games on a rotating basis. four teams would be selected and seeded bay committee and a-the-national championship game would be offered to the highest bidding city. the bcs presidential oversight committee is expected to consider multiple playoff formats when it meets on june 26, including a plus-one format championed by presidents from the big ten and pac-10, but the headline is it looks like we're getting a playoff at long last. rays and nats facing off a night...

Welcome back to first. in sports, after years of complaints about how college football crowns its national champion, yesterday a solution may have emerged. >> good morning. we'll start with big news out of college football. the bcs conferences have agreed to a four-team playoff system. a committee will decide which teams qualify based on conference championship and strength of schedule. if approved by the bcs presidential committee, the playoff will begin in 2014. now to the diamond where the yankees and braves hit a new yankee stadium record, combining for nine home runs. jason heyward left t...

>> i don't know any serious fan of college football who has disagreed with me on this, so i'm going to throw my weight around a little bit. i think it's the right thing to do. >> for more we're joined by the sports editor for the nation's sports magazine. the president didn't throw his weight around. fans got 0 or maybe getting to some of these university presidents. what's the story behind it? >> some of it is definitely fan pressure. but at the end of the day what we're really talking about is lipstick on a pig. bcs is dead. long live the bcs. same system but expanded by two more teams. a be...