re: BCS has achieved consensus on 4-team seeded playoff.

I am not a fan of the committee outright. I think you need to have some sort of data involved in the process.

Let's say there are 4 computer polls that rank the teams at years end, but do not reveal their results in order to avoid skewing the human part of the committee. Average the 4 computer polls and come up with a Top 8. Let the committee come up with their Top 8. Average the two, come up with your 4 teams in the playoffs. Perhaps use the computers element to break ties.

As far as the committee goes, I do not think a single media member that would broadcast the playoff match-ups should be allowed on the committee. Again, this is to remove as much financial bias from the equation as possible.

Finally, as far as the "only conference champs" rule goes, I am torn. As much as I believe you should win your conference to win the NC, most conferences still have wasy you can completely avoid playing a certain team. So, hypothetically, UT could lose one game to UF in the East, but still go 11-1, and get passed on for LSU who wins the West and the SECCG, despite never playing one another. As the conferences sit today, I do not think it is feasible.