Travel costs? are they kidding? that would be nothing compared to the revenue generated. Here's a link to a site that has several proposals about a national 1A college football tournament. I stole it from a thread from last year. It just seemed this argument is going to be ongoing until a stop is put to it... http://www.sportsfansofamerica.com/FansInAction/Football/playoffs1.htm
Okay, it's after Saturday. Now defend a system where a team can go unbeaten in the season-long "play-offs" and not get a shot on the field for a National Championship.
I cannot defend a system that doesn't allow an undefeated team an opportunity to play for a national championship. Nor can I defend a God that allows men to kill innocent women and children. It is what it is. The reality remains that until someone comes up with a playoff system that the bowl people can agree on (which will NEVER happen) we'll continue to see a tweaking of the BCS.