What made CFB unique was the fact that you couldn't bumble your way into a playoff spot and THEN start playing well and get to the championship - you had to have played well the entire season (and if you lost, you had to have lost early). The current model completely discards what was unique and special about CFB, precisely because it looks at "well, you know, they played well in october, so they should get a mulligan on the Iron Bowl because $$$". Thats gross. Win or go home, not "or well, if you ran up the score enough on the little sisters of the poor then you get to go to the playoffs even if you can't win the game you're supposed to".