the peak heating. tonight is not going to cool off much either. finally we ll get relief in the northeast with thunderstorms tomorrow. today, though, those thunderstorms are cooling you off in kansas city. chicago after five or six brutal days in a row, you get your relief today. notice that the southeast really isn t that bad. there s a lot of clouds and thunderstorms in florida, but even atlanta is only at 89. some of the hottest temperatures out there will be found right there in the northeast. 100 degrees. i thought yesterday was bad. we turn to sports now. you are almost there, college football fans. the pieces falling into place for a four-team playoff system to replace the much maligned bcs system in college football. this would start in the 2014 season. so a couple more years of the bcs. the four-team playoff model gained the endorsement importantly of the bcs conference commissioners yesterday and now awaits the approval of the bcs presidential oversight committee, which m