i totally agree!
the bcs was supposedly put into place to AVOID these situations. as it is, the associated press (one of the major polls) still recognizes their own national champion. the harris poll (a market research company that specializes in Internet research.*) was put in place to replace the ap. the coaches poll (aka the usa today poll) is a joke.
nothing has changed. it is still the same mess that college football had 10, 15, 20 years ago before the bcs existed. the only hope that us college football fans have now is the fact that espn has bought the rights to all of the bowl games, except for the rose bowl, which abc has the rights (abc and espn are both owned by the walt disney company). with all of the bowls under one "roof", a lot of arguments over rights and ownership of this and that are gone. the only problem, this does not start until 2011.
*taken from wikipedia:o