Of course, just because it's obvious, that didn't stop Delany from explaining that to the AP on Wednesday and taking a possible shot at Alabama while doing so.
"I don't have a lot of regard for that team," Delany told The Associated Press. "I certainly wouldn't have as much regard for that team as I would for someone who played nine conference games in a tough conference and played a couple out-of-conference games on the road against really good opponents. If a poll doesn't honor those teams and they're conference champions, I do.
"Some people think it should just be the top four teams; some people think it should just be the four highest-rated champions. I was just floating some ideas of how you might have a hybrid where champions were respected and there was still room for at-large.
"The polls don't always measure strength of schedule. Some conferences are playing nine games, some are playing eight. The Pac-12 is playing nine and then to go out and play a round-robin game against us, that's 10 and some of them are going to play Notre Dame - that's 11 difficult games. If they're ranked fifth in the country and they won a conference championship, I think that's quite an accomplishment. Some teams don't even win their own division. They started off highly in the rankings, lose early, don't play a championship game and they might end up at four."
Anybody know any teams recently that started off the season high in the rankings, didn't play in a conference championship game but ended up qualifying for a national championship?
In other words, not only is Delany saying that he didn't agree with Alabama getting a rematch against LSU in January, but he's also indicating that the rematch played a large role in the BCS deciding things needed to change.
So it looks like college football fans who have long wanted a playoff should send some flowers to Iowa State .