[dglenn]

I say keep the BCS rating system around and use its ratings to determine which 4 or 8 teams goto the playoffs. However, there should be NO automatic berths for any of the conferences. Make them earn their meal ticket.

I personally think the BCS system is as good as you can have without having a playoff. How would you propose it could be made better? It uses a combination of the polls, strength of schedule and computer polls to decide its ratings. The old system that relied completely on fickle voters to decide was a farce.

Give me a playoff with at least the top 4 teams (preferably 8) decided by the BCS system and I'll be a happy fan. Although I'm sure we'll have the same discussions about hour team number 9 got screwed because they deserved it more than number 8, blah blah blah...