That said, the NCAA also refused to make any changes to their philosophy about amateurism. And when something is that badly broken, when you refuse to fix it yourself, someone else is going to fix it for you. And you're not going to like the fix.
As for the on field product:
We all know that Michigan has been hammering everyone to the point where the starters haven't seen the 4th quarter all year. The question on them: when do they have their WTF game, Purdue or Maryland? Any team seriously contending for a MNC will have one. Washington survived theirs in the wee hours of this morning vs Arizona State (lost 4 turnovers, only had ball 22 minutes, final score was from a pick-six).