but that's the bullsh*t bill of goods that were used to deceive us into allowing college football to become espn's painted whore.
but, one more time, it's not the backend of the process, bowls, or even the playoffs, that are destroying the sport, it's realignment. if you truly want college football back, after all the perversion that has already happened, you are going to have to literally do away with all of the conferences.
otherwise, you're just rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic.
I think I would make one tweak to the current system. Have the Power Five Conference Champions plus the best At-Large team in the playoffs, with the top two seeds getting a first-round bye.
Then the Conference Championship games would truly matter. And if a team complains about not being chosen as the At Large team, well sorry, next time win your conference.