Brad
Bench Warmer
I still say, why don't they do an 8 team playoff and call each game a bowl game? The lower end BCS bowls could be used as the beginning rounds and then use the more prestigeous BCS bowls for the semifinals and title game.
You can also still have all the other bowls just like you always have had, just with other qualifying teams.
2 things:
1. Why wait over a month to start a playoff?
2. Can it be an NCAA playoff with that small of a tournament? People don't talk about it, but in all the other sports, there are automatic bids for every conference. So, D1-a would need a 16 team tournament.