Quick Hits....

“We did not create this playoff to avoid scrutiny or avoid contention. We created it because fans wanted more football and they wanted a bracket” – College Football Playoff Exec Dir Bill Hancock (OKLAHOMAN, 4/18).

“Your experience of a game is not just going to a game, but it’s interacting on your smartphone, your tablet. This will give us a way to allow them to do it and also engage them in a variety of ways, many of which we’re still exploring” – NFL Cardinals VP/Media Relations Mark Dalton, on the team upgrading Univ. of Phoenix Stadium’s Wi-Fi system this offseason (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 4/18).

"I haven't been paying attention to anything else. If it wasn't tweeted out first by him that he was coming, we never would have said a word" – CFL Montreal Alouettes GM Jim Popp, on the team signing former NFLer Chad Johnson to a two-year contract (Montreal GAZETTE, 4/18).