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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bubbalicious" data-source="post: 3192869" data-attributes="member: 7274">It's not just that they happened to play each other, it's that they happened to play each other in the last game of the year.  I would have actually been much more OK with Texas had they still had but one loss simply because it was earlier in the year.  Before the game Fett and I were actually dreaming of a close game followed by an OSU blowout in a Championship Game rematch, but I have changed my thinking specifically BECAUSE it was the last game of the year.  I would even rather see Louisville than Fichigan (Muck Fichigan!) in the game.  The Big Least is a shadow of its former self and is no longer even close to on par with the big five conferences (Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Big 12, and Pac-10), although I do think Louisville is very good and has been vastly underrated the last four years.This all just once more points out the need for a playoff.  I am amazed that the NCAA says it would weaken the existing bowls and diminish viewership.  If you used the existing bowls as the first round matchups, you actually make them ALL of considerable interest and importance.  As it is now, how many people watch (for example) the Holiday Bowl or the Alamo Bowl unless their favorite team had to settle for it that year.  If the NFL used the same system as the NCAA, the Steelers would have been playing in the Florida Citrus Bowl last year with no one watching.  Just like in the NFL, every playoff game would be heavily watched and there would then be three ADDITIONAL games (with even higher revenue potential) for the semi-finals and the true National Championship.</blockquote>

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