Dan Shanoff, whoever he is, would flunk 8th grade logic and 5th grade writing unless the assignment was excelling in non-sequitur fiction. I have no opinion of Urban Meyer; he may be the greatest guy around or he may just be an Urban Meyer opportunist, but there is not one statement Urban Meyer made since 2006 when he had a dog in the fight, quoted in this article, though the headline and the insane reasoning of this hack tries to make you think there is. So on to the subject from the writer we do care about, Derek.
SOS is a manipulative tool, foisted on the American college football fan that makes us believe that, as Mr. Billybud says on several related and unrelated subjects..he remember, is a quasi-semi supporter of SOS, that the Emperor is wearing clothes. The Emperor has no clothes, he is buck naked, more nude than Tobias Fünke ever thought of being. However misguided Mr. Billybud is on this subject, his writings far exceed making a case for SOS than Mr. Shanoff's blog.
Want to "fix" the game, then do this. Have a large pool of contestants, seed them based on, well, make up the criteria you use because if it is really known, then you are quickly exposed. Like all illusionists, misdirect the audience's attention to the 100 contestants that have never or will never make it to the top. Use human polls like the Harris interactive poll comprised of...of...well you want to join, here is the link..
http://www.harrispollonline.com..and then a poll of Coaches that no one believes have watched any of the games because why? Maybe they are working on the day the games are played. It is the middle of the third quarter, OSU is up by 2, Urban Meyer calls a time out...."get the Auburn Alabama game on TV, I have to vote tonight and I want to make sure I get my vote correct." Then use computer polls where they are "proprietary" so no one has a clue on what they are based. And lastly rank the SOS of every team based on ...on...on.. well whatever you want to secretly base it on and of course no two SOS rankings need to be anywhere close to each other.
And in the end, turn it over to a TV network that has more financial investment than Warren Buffet has in Berkshire-Hathaway.
Then when it finally runs it course, when not even the greed monsters can justify it any longer, turn it over to a bunch of 5th columnists forming a committee, the most intelligent probably being woman trying to run a University that has, or could have, a dog in the fight. (Who wins when a dog fights an alligator?...will check with Duck Dynasty and report later.)
And lastly, when the the same Bernie Maddoff run-like NCAA wants a true champion where no one cares and leaves it to those that do...just look at all the other divisions in football....they have it figured out and get it done in a timely manner...so why can't Division I....because the Emperor is naked, that's why.
Why not just play John Madden's college football video game and get it done over a weekend.