A proposal from Pete Fiutak of Scout.com:

It should be this simple: The No. 1 conference champion (Ohio State, this year) vs. the No. 4 conference champion (Louisville) in one game, the No. 2 conference champion (Florida) vs. the No. 3 conference champion (USC) in another (with the caveat that if Notre Dame finishes in the top four, it's in), with the winners playing in the BCS Championship game. No one outside of Boise, Idaho would have any beef of any sort, the integrity of the regular season would remain intact because you have to win your conference title to get in to the Final Four, and there's no fluky playoff with only the one extra game.

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Florida routs Ohio State in mythical national championship game.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Everybody got it wrong except the Gators.

Turns out Florida was too good to be on the same field as Ohio State, and that Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith and the Buckeyes were the ones who weren't worthy.

Coach Urban Meyer's once-beaten Gators dominated the undefeated Buckeyes and streaked to college football's national championship, 41-14 on Monday night.

No wonder Jim Delany is so opposed to a playoff.

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