Big, big day yesterday as the conference commissioners agreed to send the Presidential Oversight Committee a plan to structure a college football playoff with the “four best” teams. Those guys will now meet and exit with a consensus.

Tremendous, I say. Farewell controversy, many say … but count me out on that one. 

Why?

The “best four” are going to be selected by a selection committee and the constitution is thus far unknown. So, too, are the variables involved in selecting the “best four.”

I don’t know, perhaps you or someone you know or read can talk me out of this, but even though I dislike the secretive BCS formula, it couldn’t be swayed by outside elements. I kind of don’t like this committee thing.

With a committee, you’re involving a lot human elements, including, say, spite, favoritism, conflicts of interest, affiliation, benefits, on and on I can go. And if you think this is heavy-handed, if you have not yet grasped how significat these human elements can be, consider this:

The SEC is already getting its way. It wanted the “best four” as opposed to alternate plans that favored conference champions … because, really, the loser of the SEC title game is, in many years, one of the best four.

That stood in contrast to others, including the Big 12, which wanted three conference champions and a wild card, which still allowed for two SEC teams. But now the SEC has stood tall and made way for perhaps a third. Ah!

OK, three teams may be an aggressive projection on my part, but say the SEC pushes for a third and agrees to step back one year. At what cost? Who is affected, if not that year, than in the future? Is there a rain check in play?

There are other conditions to consider — eg, the egoes forces exerted to get the semifinals at the bowl sites — and they’re all going to be involved, in some capacity, in this selection committee. But who is on it? Who, if anyone, is exempt? To what extent will they be  held accountable.

I guess my point is that I don’t really see how this is definitively more fair and more accessible for the Boise State, TCUs and Utahs, the Tulanes, Hawaiis and Louisvilles of the country … you know, the reasons the playoff was desired.

Again, big day and a giant leap in the necessary direction, but, I don’t know, I see the potential for more controversy and consternation in the future.