Ohio State vs USC, LSU vs Oklahoma, Virginia Tech vs Georgia, West Virginia vs Hawaii or Kansas.  Who wouldn't want to watch THESE bowl games and then decide a National Champion on the field?

If these were the match-ups, then try to convince me that television ratings for these bowls wouldn't go through the roof.  I would get carpel-tunnel from clicking back and forth on my remote so often to try to catch them all. 

If one of the college presidents are concerned that adding an additional two games to their team's schedule in order to claim a national title is too much, he can withdraw their name from the Tournament and someone else can be chosen to take their place in the Championship game (yeah, right?!?)

This plan is fair to everyone and makes perfect sense...which, of course, is why it will be totally ignored by those making decisions about such things.  
AFTER READING...LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

What this would accomplish:
1. The bowls still retain their history and as well as regain classic matchups (Big Ten vs Pac 10 in the Rose , etc)
2. The Bowls become even more pertinent because each of them has two teams with a legitimate National Title shot playing each other.
3. The smaller conferences have a chance to get in the mix if a bowl committee thinks that they deserve a shot.
4. Makes winning your conference really mean something.
5. Keeps teams like Hawaii this year or Auburn a couple of years ago from being robbed of a chance to claim the title.
6. Takes away the advantage from those not having to play a conference championship game.  They still have to play their way in.
7. The eventual National Champion is decided ON THE FIELD!

An explanation of the team selection for the Bowls:

ROSE BOWL - The Rose Bowl will play either the Big Ten winner or the Independent 2nd pick vs the Pac 10 winner or Sunbelt winner.  The classic match-up on Jan 1st as it should be.
This year would be Ohio State (11-1) vs USC (10-2)

SUGAR BOWL - The Sugar Bowl will pit either the winner of the SEC or the ACC pick #2 vs the winner of the Big 12 or the winner of the Mid-America conference.  Another classic match-up as it should be. 
This year would be LSU (11-2) vs Oklahoma (11-2)

ORANGE BOWL - It will get either the winner of the ACC or the Big Ten pick #2 vs the  first pick from the Independent teams, the winner of the Mountain West, or the second pick from the SEC.  This pays homage to the fact that Miami Univ has been both Independent and in the ACC.   It allows for a possible classic Miami vs Notre Dame matchup if either of them can get their programs in gear again. 
This year would be Virginia Tech (11-1)  vs Georgia (10-2)

FIESTA BOWL
The Fiesta Bowl will get the either the Big East winner or Conf USA winner vs  the winner of the WAC winner, pick # 2 from the Pac 10, pick #2 from the Big 12. 
This year would be West Virginia (10-2) vs Hawaii (12-0) or Kansas (11-1)

**A few additional rules (or few hundred, after administrators get ahold of it) will be needed.  One would be that if ANY Bowl fails to choose the winner of a conference in lieu of another team, ANY of the other Bowls may invite them to replace any other selection.  ------

THE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
The winners of these four bowls will be seeded 1-4.  How they are seeded doesn't matter, but if this were to happen then it would be debated.  So, to throw the BCS guys a bone, we will use their computer model to seed the four remaining teams.  Play 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3.

The winners of these games play for the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!

See, I told you that it made sense. 

 Here is a summary of how it would look:

Rose Bowl:
Big Ten - #1 / Ind #2
Pac 10 - #1 / Sunbelt #1
Ohio State (11-1) vs USC (10-2)

Sugar Bowl:
SEC- #1 / ACC #2
Big 12 - #1 / Mid-America #1
LSU (11-2) vs Oklahoma (11-2)

Orange Bowl:
ACC - #1 / Big Ten #2
Ind #1 / Mountain West #1 /  SEC #2
Virginia Tech (11-1)  vs Georgia (10-2)

Fiesta Bowl:
Big East - #1 / Conf USA #1
WAC #1  / Pac 10 #2 / Big 12 #2
West Virginia (10-2) vs Hawaii (12-0) or Kansas (11-1)

National Championship Tournament:
Seed the winners of the four bowls:
Seed #1 vs. Seed #4
Seed #2 vs. Seed #3

Winners play for the National Championship