Here's a thought, which I doubt is original to me but which I haven't seen before: ten years ago USC would have been the undisputed national champion based on its season. Why? Because they would have finished 11-0-1, and that would have made them the only team in the nation without a loss. The change to the college game that created perpetual overtime until a winner is declared--and sometimes that means seven overtime periods--made it possible for USC to lose to California in triple overtime, and thus for the title to be split.
And why don't ties exist anymore? In part, I'll wager, so that the BCS calculations can ignore them and simply count losses. A change made to enable the BCS to work is exactly what caused it not to work this year. Isn't that charming?
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