I'd rather have the panel of experts deciding the top 4 than the pencil-necked computer geeks who never, ever played the game like Anderson - the author of this article.
I prefer the coaches' and writers' polls to any computer-based ranking. All of the "metrics" the geeks program into their formulae have flaws and are usually not indicative of actual quality of play on the field. Sagarin's BCS rankings were the most absurd this year - even worse than the usually putrid Anderson. Sagarin had Northern Illinois as the 3rd ranked team in the country just 3 weeks ago when while most coaches & writers never ranked them no better than #15, despite a 12-0 record. A loss in the MAC championship to a mediocre Bowling Green and a bowl loss to Utah State shows the stupidity of Sagarin's evaluation.
I'll take the 4 team playoff as a vast improvement over the BCS. At least with this limited playoff I can be certain that only one SEC team will qualify and the nation will not be subjected to another SEC-only 9-6 snoozefest championship.
LOL. Notice the money quote in that article:
"Honestly, we've played a lot better teams than them," Florida defensive end Jarvis Moss said. "I could name four or five teams in the SEC that could probably compete with them and play the same type of game we did against them."