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By Joe Parello @HerewegoJoe
The BCS era, for the most part, widened the gap between the "haves" and "have nots" in college football.
Schools from automatic qualifying, or "BCS," conferences had easier access to lucrative bowl games and more attractive television rights deals. To make matters worse, each smaller conference and independent school (Other than Notre Dame) was given essentially no chance to win the national championship.
Despite all this, programs like Boise State, BYU and TCU (While a member of the Mountain West) enjoyed memorable runs during the BCS period. Next year will mark the end of the BCS, and soon the new "group of five" conferences-The AAC (former Big East), Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt- will be guaranteed a spot in a lucrative bowl game affiliated with the new college football playoff.
