I'll buy that the system ended up with the right teams in those national championship bowl games. But the system doesn't allow teams to dream. There will never be a college football team like North Carolina State's basketball team in 1983, which won a miraculous title under Jim Valvano. Think of Villanova in 1985 winning a national championship by playing the perfect game against heavily favored Georgetown. The BCS system is especially tough to deal with this year, as there is no truly great team in college football.
Upsets abound every year and are usually the best games.
In the BCS, two teams are playing for the national title in one game. The other bowl games are just money-making window dressing, of interest only to the fans of the schools participating. Unless, of course, you actually care who finishes third. This system is especially tough to deal with this year, as there is no truly great team in college football. Nebraska is No. 1 now but has some tough games coming up against Oklahoma and Kansas State.