. . .now you can blame George Bush:

College Football’s Bowl Championship Series has turned to Ari Fleischer, the former press secretary to President George W. Bush, to spiff up its image.
The much-debated BCS is facing organized opposition in the form of a federal political action committee “dedicated to discarding the Bowl Championship Series and instituting a competitive post-season championship for college football.”
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) have backed the PAC effort, calling the BCS ranking system “arbitrary and anti-competitive,” “fundamentally unfair” and “a farce.”
Opponents want the BCS ranking system, which relies in part on polls and complicated data calculations to determine the top teams in the country, replaced with a more traditional playoff system. They say the current system effectively freezes out teams that do not come from the bigger conferences.