In the Playoff, humans matter again

ByGENE WOJCIECHOWSKI
August 12, 2014, 12:30 PM

— -- I'm going to miss the Bowl Championship Series much the same way I'd miss secondhand smoke, cellphones at dinner and people who examine their own earwax.

Michael Corleone had it right: It's not personal, it's strictly business. The BCS was full of good intentions, but it was a kazoo quartet in a Fightin' Texas Aggie Band world. It needed to go away.

Now -- cue the percussion section -- we get the College Football Playoff! Admittedly, the name needs some vitamin pills, and the logo looks more like swan wings and a flow chart than an actual football. But those are quibbles.

The CFP has its own Rudy-inspired commercial. The BCS never had that. If you made a commercial about the BCS, it would have been titled, "Mama, we tried."

The CFP has its own online merchandise store. Do you ever remember anybody wearing BCS gear? In public? On purpose? Didn't think so.

If there is a football god, can he/she please arrange for an OU-Bama semi?

Will one conference have two teams in the final four? And if it's the SEC, will Stoopsy's head and visor explode?

Will Condoleezza Rice have to miss any teaching time at Stanford? (We can answer that now -- her PolEcon 584: Managing Global Political Risk class doesn't begin until Feb. 23, 2015. Pass/fail, by the way. And absences will affect your grade.)

Which program is going to play the role of Auburn this season and come out of nowhere?

Which team is going to be fifth in the selection committee's final ranking -- and insist it deserved to be fourth?

Will there be a CFP war-room cam?

Is it too late to add a 14th committee member? I can get Mondays and Tuesdays off.