Atlanta plans pitch for college football playoff
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On the day after college football adopted a four-team playoff, Atlanta sports executives were plotting how the city could get in on the action.

Those efforts, they said Wednesday, will include a bid by Atlanta to host the championship game for one or more years and probably a bid by the Chick-fil-A Bowl to become a regular rotating site for semifinal games.

"We will do everything we can to position our community and hopefully be successful in the process," said Dan Corso, executive director of the Atlanta Sports Council. "... Obviously a lot of cities will be interested in pursuing this, but we think Atlanta would be a premiere site for the championship game."

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