So I had a cool evening. Spent a couple hours sitting in the hospitality suite for the Miami Hurricanes. I spoke with a gentleman (don't remember his name) who sits on the NCAA Championship Committee. He will also be President of the ACC in a few years. He told me about the playoff system he wants to push when he is in position. Basically, he wants a Bowl + 4 system. Remove the current championship game and play all the bowl games as normal (pre-BCS). After all the games, re-rank the teams and have the top 4 in the playoff. I don't know if it's my favorite solution, but it's not bad. It preserves the tradition of the Bowls but eliminates some of the controversy.
He also told me that he hopes Boise beats Oklahoma convincingly and Florida beats Ohio State convincingly, just to see the controversy that would inevitably ensue.
He was a cool guy. I got some nice insight into things chatting with him. Everyone was quite nice. I'm torn. I was going to pull for the WAC and cheer Nevada, but I liked all the Miami people. Decisions, decisions...