NEW YORK -- A tentative plan for the new college football post-season calls for a Pac-12 or Big 12 team to face the best team from a group of five conferences, including the Big East. A person with direct knowledge of the plan for the four-team playoff in 2014 told The Associated Press that either a Pac-12 or a Big 12 team likely will be the opponent for the top-rated champion from the Big East, Mountain West, Conference USA, Sun Belt and Mid-American Conference. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the conferences did not want to make the plan public. The proposal has the Pac-12 sending either its champion or a replacement team to the game in years when the Rose Bowl hosts a national semifinal. In years the Rose Bowl is a traditional Big Ten-Pac-12 matchup, the Big 12 would send one of its top teams to the game. The deal with the Big 12 and Pac-12 would be similar to the one the Orange Bowl is working on with the Big Ten and the Southeastern Conference. That deal, which has not been completed, would match a team from either of those conferences or Notre Dame against the Atlantic Coast Conference champ or a another ACC team. The original playoff plan had the national semifinals rotating among six bowl sites, giving the new system two playoff games and four other high-revenue bowl games each season. The top four teams determined by a selection committee, regardless of conference affiliation, will play in the semifinals. The winners meet in a championship game about a week later. The spots in those other four games would be for other highly ranked teams, but those slots have quickly started filling up as the major conferences began making deals. The Rose Bowl, as has been tradition, will always match the Pac-12 and Big Ten when it does not host a semifinal. The new marquee bowl being created by the Big 12 and the SEC -- site to be determined -- will be also part of the system, so those two spots are filled. The Orange Bowls deals took two more spots out of play. That led to concerns about limited access to the high-revenue games for the other five conferences. The rebuilding Big East, which currently has automatic-qualifying status to the Bowl Championship Series, has been trying to gain a more secure spot in the new post-season system. The person with direct knowledge of the plan said new Big East Commissioner Mike Aresco spearheaded the push for the addition of a seventh game to be added to the system, and presented a plan for the highest-rated champion from the other five conferences to be assured a spot in the game. Sun Belt Commissioner Karl Benson told the AP last week there was enough support for a seventh game among the commissioners to make it happen. The Big East is being transformed into a 12-team football conference next season that will include Boise State and San Diego State, along with Memphis, Central Florida, SMU and Houston. While the conference has lost its status as one of the BCS power-brokers, its still well-positioned to be the best of the other conferences and to grab that guaranteed slot if it does not have its best team selected to play in the national semifinals. Allowing the Pac-12 and Big 12 to share the spot opposite the best of the rest in a bowl would give the game stability and likely increase the value of its television rights, as compared to having the opponent be left undetermined. The site of the game is still being discussed, but Glendale, Ariz., site of the Fiesta Bowl, or Houston would make geographical sense and are prime candidates, the person said. Wholesale Jerseys . TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger reported via Twitter on Monday that while the 40-year-old winger enjoyed his stint with the Philadelphia Flyers last season, he plans on testing free agency. Cheap NFL Jerseys . 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Gordon looked good catching throws from each of the four passers. Occasionally, he was pulled aside after a play by one of the coaches. Gordon said he welcomed the personalized instruction. Richardson, two days after getting a four-year deal worth $20.5 million, spoke about what getting that much money meant to him. "It is a blessing, a living dream and just surreal," Richardson said. "Once you get money. it is like, OK, what do I do with it? You have to save, invest. After football, you still have at least 40 or 50 years to live." But first, he is eager to get on the same page as Weeden and provide Cleveland fans with a balanced offence for the first time in years. "As far as me and Brandon, I think there will be a learning curve," Richardson said, "but I think we are going to fit right in. Both of our programs in college were at the top." Thats where Shurmur wants to finish -- as soon as possible. "I do feel like were a better team than last year," he said. "A lot better. 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