The Times They Are a Chaingin'

Instead, all 11 FBS conferences and their members, as well as football independents, would begin, in theory, each season with an equal chance of reaching the national championship game.
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How does this change affect who gets into the championship game in any way, either in theory or in reality? That comment makes no sense to me.

And by eliminating the automatic qualifying clause, BCS officials hope that conference realignment and expansion -- in some cases, done in hopes of securing AQ status -- would subside.
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Only a few of the changes have been done to secure AQ status. A lot of the shuffling is between AQ conferences, and is money based. Schools switch to conferences with better TV deals or better revenue sharing, and to leave a conference that appears to be falling apart, even while it still has AQ status.

This sounds like change for change sake, to make it look like they are doing something about a system that few like. Maybe the unspoken thought is to tear apart what's left of the bowls by removing historic tie-ins, which will make it easier to go to a playoff down the line.

I don't think the smaller schools are going to get what they might think they want out of this. Without the automatic bid provision that would put a small conference school in a major bowl most years, the big bowls will take more big schools. This would be a huge windfall for the SEC, which can get more teams in high paying bowls. The Big 10 will probably fare well most years too as our teams are popular invitees.

 
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