*My* plan, back in the olden days, was for the Big Ten and PAC-10 to sit out the Bowl Alliance and continue to play one another in the Rose Bowl. But everyone was going to die if there wasn’t an undisputed national champion (I know this because I heard it on ESPN) and so the push to sweep the old order aside got duly underway. I wonder if the centripetal force unleashed with that innovation wasn’t the first step, really, though it post dates the acquisition (as I now see the phenomenon being termed by fans and sports writers, which in itself is telling) of PSU by the Big Ten.
Anyways, we’re all fans and no matter how shabby and awful big time college football ends up, we’ll keep watching and listening and buying. I’m sure I will.