... of 1997, when Michigan won the USA Today Coaches National Championship and Nebraska won the AP National Title, a "brilliant" plan was formulated to determine a true national champion in college football, once and for all. Throughout the history of college football, split national titles were the norm. As recently as 1967, AP voters actually voted on their national champion prior to the bowl game. Obviously, in the 90s, the idea of split national titles and an overall lack of fairness were no longer going to cut it for big time college football—well, that, and conference commissioners, ADs, and college presidents knew that a ton of money could be made on a new system. The idea for the BCS had been kicked around through the mid-90s with...

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