http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...yhoo&type=lgns
Not having a playoff is retarded. It isnt about who ultimately wins, it is about deciding it on the field. Every Division 1 team starts out the season with a chance under a playoff. Despite very few schools actually having a realistic chance, if you go to Cincy and go undefeated you still dont have the opportunity to play for a national championship. That simply is not acceptable to most fans. TCU is better than Cincy, IMO. If Texas had lost TCU still would have been screwed. The entire process of allowing outsiders to make your matchups is mind boggling enough. Imagine if the sites in colege basketball got to choose who was going to play there? That is how you wind up with the I dont care bowl's (this years Sugar, Orange and Rose)
Not to mention, how many fans your team will bring still being a factor (ie. Iowa)? Why not have Notre Dame play then?