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With the advent of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) in 1998, the national BCS championship game now determines which team is presented the MacArthur Bowl and ADT National Championship Trophies and have their named etched alongside the greatest teams of all time.
During college football's Poll Era, the NFF MacArthur Bowl Committee selected the recipient of the trophy. With the advent of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) in 1998, the national championship game has determined which team claimed the MacArthur Bowl, a tradition that will continue with the adoption of the College Football Playoff.
Ohio State football Coach Woody Hayes and Texas coach Darrell Royal accept the MacArthur Bowl which was awarded jointly to their teams as the best of 1970 at the award dinner of the National Football Foundation
...it was decided not to award a championship by ballot but rather to let these teams meet on the field and play for the MacArthur Bowl.
"A championship can only truly be settled on the playing field." Richard Kazmaier, chairman of the awards committee, said in announcing that this year the committee would not vote for the MacArthur Bowl winner.