they create barriers to entry to make it difficult for lower tier schools to compete or challenge the supremacy.
The BCS initially excluded "non-BCS" programs from even having a chance with lofty requirements to make their prestigious 3 BCS Bowl pantheon.
Only one school broke that barrier before they added the 4th bowl. The same school was the first to return to a BCS Bowl and to dominate a powerhouse program.
Now that schools is playing at the top of their P5 conference.
Utah is elevating its status one step at a time. Breaking barriers that no other lower tier program is doing.
I don't see the mockery in that. Most real fans tend to root for the overachiever.