I don't believe there is a perfect solution. I understand its about money. I don't love the idea of an 8 team playoff because they are all college kids. Look at Auburn after uga, bama, uga this year...or even bama after playing a stout Clemson D then uga. bama is the only team who could have withstood the loses ya'll dealt with in the playoffs from injuries that guys sustained and those injuries guys started the uga game with "dinged" but couldn't finish because of Clemson.

The 8 team playoff at least rewards the 5 Conference champs which adds back to the regular season. There was a time right or wrong that the regular season was fun because the loss in the Iron Bowl would have eliminated bama and the November loss likely would have eliminated uga pre BCS. The 8 team format would still leave room for Notre Dame, Ohio State, bama and USC to get in if they are good enough and would leave hope for the occasional UCF or Houston, etc...IMO it would need to be played over a larger span of time than 3 weeks though for injury related reasons. Obviously you'd have to give back a game in the regular season.

I'm not moaning, just discussing. I have stated numerous times I have no issue with bama getting in under the current rules. Just think the rules should be changed.

Another option is require a championships. If that had been the case this season nobody would have cared. It would have been Clemson, Okie, uga and OSU. Things would have gone similar. We still would have been treated to a great patty cake fight in the Rose Bowl. With Clemson handling OSU in the Sugar. Then you'd had a close game between evenly matched teams in the title game. I don't have a problem just staying with 4 and requiring a championship but I don't know how you deal with Notre Dame and the Group of 5 that way.