I agree with you 100% Red. The BCS is, and always will be, about the money makers.
I just re-transplanted back to Florida and was counting the days to the Outback Bowl. I wanted to see the Illini skin some Gators. All I heard after the Florida vs Florida State game was that the Illini and the Gators would meet in the Outback Bowl and that Illinois would get embarrased. It took everything I had to keep my composure. > It would have been a hell of a game though.
Of course a trip to the Rose Bowl will work too. I was watching the BCS Bowl selection show when they announced USC in the Rose Bowl and I said to myself, now theres a game I wont be watching. Then they announced they would be playing against Illinois. So, now I'll be watching that game. That game and the National Title game of course. I'm a Big 10 boy so I got to show the love.
GO ILLINI!!!!!!