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The system works. That’s what we keep hearing about the Bowl Championship Series. But all those empty seats in all those Apathy.com Bowls around the country say something. So don’t be fooled. When it comes to getting the top two teams in a title game, the system might work. But that doesn’t mean it’s right. No matter how you slice it, poll it or bowl it, anything that doesn’t end in a playoff is wrong. College football needs a playoff system where more than two teams are invited, where the drama builds with each round and fans feel they have a stake. If basketball and the smaller football divisions can do it, so can the big boys. Until that day comes, get used to this. Only one bowl counts, no matter how many Apathy.coms they foist on us.