Exclusionary system to determine the CFB champion, bowl alliance, and despite being very deserving and qualified in 96 be left out, only to get the rules changed to get access for other teams, but you can't ever take advantage of it while your most hated rival does twice and uses that to springboard into a major conference while you are left behind, and another team, your impersonating neighbor up north also gets access multiple times and steals the spotlight as CFB darling.