If Alabama wins Saturday then the nation will have a few weeks to get ready for a national championship tilt between the Tide and Notre Dame. The Irish will still be knocked for, well, I am unsure what reasons, but generally most everyone will accept the pairing as the best way to decide the 2012 champion.
But what if the four-team playoff system, to begin next season, were in place this year? To be honest it would be a problem-causer. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that all of the favorites this weekend win their games. So Notre Dame and Alabama, obviously, are in. But what about spots three and four? Kansas State and Florida? That would leave both Oregon and Stanford out, plus the 2-loss SEC teams and FSU. SI conducted a survey of 11 current administrators and they came up with Florida and Oregon. So no KSU nor a Stanford team that could win the Pac 12 title and has already topped Oregon on the field.
Not sure making the playoffs larger would work as the main BCS conference champions should get automatic berths but that may not leave enough at large berths to count for Notre Dame, a Boise State type team and all of the talented second place teams from big conferences. No one has explained where these games are going to be played either. Go to 16 then the logistics get worse.
One thing is clear about the future of playoffs. Money will be the driving factor.
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