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For those of us who hate the BCS, this is like a holiday morning. There were always two scenarios that would lay the silliness of the system bare. Scenario 1: several quality undefeated teams. Scenario 2: multiple teams with losses on their resume and no clear way to distinguish them.

That would be “Scenario 2″ this morning.

Let the guessing begin:

Stewart Mandel at si.com thinks it will be LSU who faces tOSU. Actually, he makes the argument for LSU. He yields that it all comes down to what the coaches and Harris poll voters do.

Dennis Dodd at sportsline.com also is guessing LSU will face tOSU. Again, it will come down to the voters making the Tigers a google-sized growth stock.

By the way, to all of you who are wondering why a relatively weak Buckeye team is given a wave into the title game when there appear to be more deserving teams who won’t? Mandel captures it perfectly with this:

“Say what you want about the oft-criticized Buckeyes. They won a conference championship in one of the six recognized major conferences, and they were the only one of the six to make it through with just one loss. Like it or not, Ohio State has come the closest of any team to “earning” a spot in the title game.”

That’s pretty much it. Without a playoff system, such logic comes close enough to compelling to send the Buckeyes through. Bizarre. And, as usual, unfair. But, as always, is what it is.

As for what it should be? A playoff. How about this….a 12-team playoff? Take the champs of the BCS conferences, two more of the most deserving champs from the non-BCS conferences, add in four at-large teams, and have at it. That’s pretty doable. Seed the teams 1-12, give the top four seeds a bye, and let’s see who is the best.

It’s really not that difficult. Everyone else does it. The question remains, year after year, just why do major college presidents hate us so? (and, yes, I know, greed. But it still doesn’t make it right)