...they say that it's the only way to crown a 'true champion.' Yet the NCAA Tourney only means that you have to 1. qualify and 2. win six games in a row. Everything else is irrelevant. When a middling conference also-ran wins the tourney shouldn't we stop talking about expanding the football playoff?

Yes, the 'True Champion' crowd (and there are many on this site) will never make any sense to me. Just accept the fact that you can never ever find the best team. You can only make up entertaining processes to close out the season - hopefully without raising a rebellion among the players.