What the USC blow out makes me think is that Georgia should have been invited to the Rose Bowl. I gather they did not do that because they did not know if Georgia people would travel to Caifornia (Georgia has not played a game outside the southeast since 1966 - they play at Arizona St in september). I think that if LSU had not gotten to the championship game they might have gotten an invite to the rose bowl to play USC.
Please see my post 638 to see why this was ruled out by the BCS rules.
Illinois traveled well....they get the same amount of money from ABC.... Why not stick with tradition.
The only fiasco they had was when the Parade and Rose Bowl/BCS final was on different days...the Texas fans didnt arrive for New Years so the hotels werent full....then because there was no parade on game day, fans drank all day for the really late kickoff and there were a bunch of fights and heart attacks on a really hot day.