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Bears midseason awards: MVPs, breakout, comeback, most disappointing
By Jake O'Donnell
24-team CFP winners, losers: Big Ten hits jackpot, regular season takes hit
Maria Gonzalez
Maria Gonzalez
Sports Reporter · Bloomington, IL
Born and raised in Bloomington, Maria is a passionate sports journalist with a degree from Northern Illinois University. She has covered the local high school sports scene for over 8 years and previously wrote for the Peoria Journal Star, bringing a fresh energy to sports reporting in the area.
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Front and center in the debates leading into the four- and 12-team CFP models was an overarching concern over how the new postseason formats would diminish the regular season.
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