The thing that I love the most about the bowl system the way it is currently constituted is that, generally speaking, teams playing each other are of equal caliber. I sit at home during Bowl Week and watch every single bowl game: very few of them truly suck, because the teams are of equal ability. (Yes, there are the Utah vs. Pitt Fiesta Bowl exceptions, but I'm a Pitt fan, so I'll allow it
) Who on earth wants to turn on a Dec 31 bowl game to watch Texas destroy Akron 61-0? I care way more about maximizing good, compelling football games than I do about deciding a "true" champion. While most people say they want a champion via tournament, if they were told half the games were going to suck and bore the hell out of them, they'd probably change their minds.