Myles Brand indicates an extra "championship" game may be added.

"'What has become very clear to me is that the decisionmakers here are the presidents, and they have to decide whether they want a playoff,' Brand told ESPN.com, after giving a keynote speech at the Sports Business Journal's Intercollegiate Athletics Forum on Wednesday."

An extra game? Well... it would be a good start.

--- 12:51 PM ET

Trev Alberts: BCS is now irrelevant.

I try on the air, in chats and in my columns to admit when I'm wrong, and it's now time for someone from the BCS to stand up and say "Hey, we missed the boat and this system does not work." Trust me, it is a cleansing experience to admit a mistake.

--- 3:23 PM ET

D'oh! Bob Stoops from a November 6th, 2002, ESPN.com article:

"Stoops said the teams that play for the national title should at least have won a conference championship."

--- 5:25 PM ET

Trev Alberts leading off his ESPN cyber-chat today:

"I have made it official .. the BCS is irrelevant. It no longer matters. The BCS title is played in the Sugar Bowl but I am looking forward to the National Championship game between USC and Michigan in the Rose Bowl. On to your questions!"

Right on, Trev.

--- 1:30 PM ET

A great article from William Rhoden of the New York Times.

"We often talk about the evils of big-time college athletics, but few things are more corrupt than the outrage committed this weekend by the Bowl Championship Series.

...The Division I-AA football playoffs began two weeks ago. Next Saturday, undefeated Colgate plays Florida Atlantic and Wofford plays Delaware in the I-AA semifinals. They will play the championship game on Dec. 19. That's it. Under this format, no one will have to explain anything: if you win, you win; if you lose, you lose.

In saying that a playoff format imposes too many time demands, the B.C.S. presidents imply that Colgate and Delaware, Wofford and Florida Atlantic value education less than Oklahoma, L.S.U., U.S.C. and Michigan. Some would also have you believe that Division I-A players hit harder and play harder than Division I-AA players and thus need more rest. That's simply not true."

--- 8:36 AM ET

The inevitable finally happens.

After several years of getting extremely lucky, the BCS finally melts down completely. The mockery of college football that the BCS has made comes full circle. After having trashed so many of college football's traditions in just a few years, this patently absurd system might very likely not even solve the only problem it was created to solve: a split national championship.

One question we have for all the BCS defenders to ponder: does Jeff Sagarin personally stand by Texas being #4 while Oklahoma is #5? Whether he does or not, this is the "vote" he cast and it had a say in who will play for the BCS championship this year. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so ridiculous and frustratingly sad.

--- 8:44 PM ET