... from non-automatic qualifying conferences (TCU and Boise State) have earned bids to play in a BCS bowl in the same season.

That is progress, I suppose, and great for each of those programs and their players, but it's not still not enough.

Why, might you ask?

The problem is the BCS decided to pair them up against each other in the Fiesta Bowl rather than to have each face a "traditional power" in separate bowls.

Now, don't get me wrong—I love college football, and a No. 4 vs. No. 6 matchup is generally a great thing—but not in this case.

This mid-major pairing was a major letdown. The BCS really dropped the ball here.

No matter who wins, the question will still remain: Just how good is TC...

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