The point is that Bama's title last year is as outright as the one we shared with Michigan, beings Bama shouldn've even had to opportunity to play for it.
I guess if this is the game that is to be played then Penn State should have at least won a co-championship in 1994 as they were also undefeated. Over the years, there's been plenty of instances where a team shouldn't have played for it. We shouldn't have played for it in 01. OU shouldn't have played for it in 03. It is what it is. Even though it appears we're headed to some sort of playoff, there's still going to be instances where someone gets in that shouldn't especially if they stick with the conference championship qualification.
We had a great run in the mid-90's. Bama' is having a great run now. Florida had a great run a few years back. Why can't we just leave it at that? You could as ten fans of different teams across the country, and you'd get several different answers.