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Slive proposed a 4 team BCS back in 08 but no one else supported him. Then the rest of the country lost their shite so bad when Bama/LSU rematched that we got this now instead.

The real truth

B1G and PAC created a monopoly with Walter Beyers as the dictator for 30 years or so. Rose Bowl went from the premier game (even when it was not) for all the upper midwest and west coast eyeballs.

CFA came along and busted up that monopoly and all the other football programs got a voice. Media still held sway and remember Gators were not even supposed to face Bucknuts that year for the crown except one media led the way. Over the next 10 to 20 years the SEC came unto its own (with the B12 next in line) and the B1G and PAC superiority sham was laid bare.

Rose Bowl became a game where neither the B1G or PAC rep was the best in the land and schools outside these conferences were taking their rightful place.

PAC did not have the passion and the B1G did not have the product. BCS (with the goal of getting the best 2 in the USA) was not picking the B1G or PAC teams as they could not dominate. CFP was put in place to get at least 1 if not 2 B1G teams (Ohio State and Michigan specifically) into the spotlight. This year they have succeeded with a committee where media and computers showed better sense on who was the best.