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Bowl Championship Series rejects Mountain West's playoff proposal

Jun. 24, 2009
BCS presidents rejected the Mountain West's proposal for a playoff system.
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic