[Sully]

The year 2020:

"Daddy, what is the BCS?"
"Well, son. It was a system college football had in place to make sure the top two teams played each other at the end of the season."

"Oh... so two teams made it?"
"Well, no. They had ten teams play in different bowl games."

"Oh! So it was sort of a playoff! I get it!."
"Well, son. Not really. It was the top 2 teams, then 8 of the top of the rest of the teams."

"Now I get it. So the top 10 teams automatically made the BCS bowls?"
"Errr, um, not so fast. After the top 2, the rest of the teams could be literally anyone those bowls selected."

"But I'm sure those bowl games wanted the best of the rest, so as to keep the system prestigious, and all."
"No. Sadly, the whores taht run the bowls were swayed more by dollar signs than putting the best teams out there, so sadly some teams that didn't deserve to get in slid by."

"How embarrassing. I am sure the fans of those teams hide their faces when those unearned berths are mentioned, right?"
"Son... let me tell you about fans of a pilgrim bird..."