http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;_ylt=...o&type=lgns
Wetzel lays out the case for a playoff. And he's right on nearly every point except this one:
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Last season the most memorable college football game was Boise State-Oklahoma, in part because Boise was the unbeaten underdog that wasn't supposed to win. When it did, in dramatic fashion, it became arguably the most popular team in America.
But it had no shot at a national title because the system says Boise can't be any good in 2007 because it wasn't any good in 1967. As illogical as this is, that's the system.
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Boise State had no shot because they're not in the right club. And the club makes the rules, and makes it to protect the teams in their club. Florida State was no good in 1967, but they're in the right club.
Opponents of bowls often say that "every game matters" - but this isn't true. Nebraska, Boise State, Hawaii, Auburn all will tell you why.