Who belongs in the National Championship game....

College football has been in existance for 110 years and there are about 250 champions, with regional polls having sway back before AP and UPI had a monopoly of sorts. With 115 Div I teams playing 11 or 12 games, and scant interconference comparisons to boot, you cannot reliably posit a defensible top team absent a playoff. Unless there are unvarnished exceptions (eg Nebraska 1995), these worthy teams rendered ineligible for the MNC game will forever play a "what if" scenario.

In 1974, UCLA desoyed NC St in the regular season, but lost narrowly in the championship game. Theire star player, David Thompson, had illegal induce,ments, and the UCLA team was racked by internal dissension. Even so, NC ST is the "best" team that year, even with a playoff. If a lucky break of referee call casts the football MNC in a similar light, the controversy continues.

I personally like the multiple regional champions of old. It's at least as good as the BCS computer system , designed by wankers for wankers.