BCS was incredibly stupid and also was the first domino in making bowl games meaningless. Before BCS, bowl games were the final chance to get an important win to be voted as the National Champion. As soon as the National Championship was a game, bowl games stopped mattering as teams had already been left out. There were also many years where a deserving small school was left out for a bigger brand. If you want bowl games to matter you make the outcome of the bowl game matter which a playoff does

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