I hate that the playoff is probably the absolute most objective way to find a national champion because it really ruins the luster and importance of bowl games. Why care about the Rose Bowl now if it only means you won the Quarterfinal? We can put the Sugar Bowl trophy in the broom closet because we won a game after that. They already lost their luster in the NY6 era, but they're entirely worthless now. Hell, it's even caused a loss of value for the regular bowl games as well because everyone of value just opts out instead of actually playing.