[Ed. note -- Front Page'd]

So now you've seen my ranking of the top 16 football games of the period between 1970-99, a complement to the work done by the guys at BCI to rank the games from 2000 to the present.

Now it's time for the playoffs. Our playoffs will consist of four, 4 team brackets, each named after a coach in the 1970-99 era. Voting for each game will last for 3 days.

The Tom Coughlin Bracket

#1 - Boston College 41 Notre Dame 39 - 1993 vs #16 - Boston College 38 Texas A&M 16 - 1982

#8 - Boston College 17 Clemson 17 - 1982 vs #9 - Boston College 30 Notre Dame 11 - 1994

The Joe Yukica Bracket

#4 - Boston College 14 Texas 13 - 1976 vs #13 - Boston College 33 Syracuse 29 - 1993

#5 - Boston College 27 Penn State 17 - 1983 vs #12 - Boston College 31 Clemson 16 - 1983

The Jack Bicknell Bracket

#2 - Boston College 47 Miami 45 - 1984 vs #15 - Boston College 20 Tennessee 18 - 1987

#7 - Boston College 35 Penn State 32 - 1992 vs #10 - Boston College 27 Georgia 24 - 1986

The Dan Henning/Ed Chlebek Bracket

#3 - Boston College 38 Alabama 31 - 1984 vs #14 - Boston College 12 Kansas State 7 - 1994

#6 - Boston College 45 Houston 28 - 1985 vs #11 - Boston College 30 Stanford 13 - 1980

We start off with the Tom Coughlin Bracket Semi-finals. Voting will last through July 5: