Originally Posted by CloneAggie 
I think this statement is debatable considering a team with two losses played in the national championship game last year.
Other things I don't like about Div. I college
FB:
1) No playoff system;
2) Losing early in the season is generally more favorable than losing late in the season (if you have championship aspirations); and
3) Lack of consistency in how conferences handle certain things, namely whether or not they have a championship game.
It's debatable, but if there had been two undefeated teams, they would both have been playing. (let's not get into it about Hawaii...we saw what they were) I would agree that the more parity there is, the less the "every game matters" thing applies, but I think it's largely true looking back at the past 20 years or so of CFB.
1 - I don't think it matters, honestly. No matter what you did, you couldn't make it an even playing field for everyone unless you're willing to drastically change the structure of the conferences, and that means that any playoff would produce just as illegitimate a champion as the current system.
2 - I would agree somewhat, but the BCS has largely mitigated that. Nebraska losing to K-state in the Big 12 Championship, LSU losing late last year. Georgia lost earlier than LSU, but didn't get invited to the big game. Losing at all is a bad bad thing in NCAA D-1 football is you want to be a contender.
3 - I think that's somewhat part of the fun with it. You can blame the conferences for it, though. It's a ton of money to turn down every year.
What I would like to see, especially in the event of 3 or more undefeated teams, is the bowl season play out, and then the rankings AFTER those games determining a +1 game. Sort of like a playoff, but more like a second BCS championship game. I think that would largely of solved most of the "split national championship" questions over the history of College football. Last year, for instance, had Hawaii beat Georgia, they would have gotten a shot at, say, LSU. Or, as it played out, Georgia would have had a shot against LSU.
