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Semi-final?

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I came to this page looking to confirm that this system would be what any other competition would call a semi-final round. That is, the BCS National Championship Game would remain the "finals", and this system would introduce a prior semi-finals to determine who competes in the NCG. As far as I can tell that's what's being proposed, and if so, I don't think I'm the only one a little confused that the name is "plus-one" instead of "semi-finals". Therefore, to help out similarly confused people, I want to add to the article that a plus-one can be thought of as the addition of a semi-finals -- but before I do, I want to confirm that my thinking is correct and there's not a meaningful distinction I'm missing. Hythlodayalmond (talk) 15:34, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the "plus one" in the name refers to the national championship game, which is an additional game for the participating finalists. It's a term specific to American college football scheduling and the debate regarding playoffs, and not a general term for any four-team tournament. It shouldn't be characterized as a general term. The article is confusingly written in that regard and needs a change. I'll work on it. oknazevad (talk) 11:39, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Article Seems to be Incorrect

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The term Plus-one system, was often used to refer to the idea of selecting the participants in the National Championship game after playing the regular bowl season, not just to refer to a 4 team playoff. This article doesn’t even mention that usage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.222.187.226 (talk) 01:27, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Poll Bowl / Plus-One citations

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Collecting citations for various years' proposed post-Bowl games, Poll Bowls, and "plus one" games that never were:

PK-WIKI (talk) 16:27, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]