Update, 11/5, 2:50 p.m.:Friday afternoon, we got in touch with Bill Hancock, the executive director of the BCS, who reiterated what he told the AP: "It's a waste of money to be spending any time on this, especially when experts agree that the BCS is in compliance with the antitrust laws." Hancock said he had not been contacted by either the Justice Department or AG Shertleff's office.

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Watching the 2010 college football season unfold is like watching that video of the Hindenburgjust before it explodes. No. No. No. It's all going to end so badly. Oh boy. There it goes. Just like we knew it would.

The season still has a way to go before the inevitable disaster happens. But fairly deep in the season -- at week 10 -- we've still got the potential for quite a mess come year's end. We could head into bowl season with four unbeaten teams, two of which (Boise State and either TCU or Utah, who play each other on Saturday) hail from conferences that typically don't get invited to the national championship game. Even if those four teams square off in bowl games, you're still guaranteed two undefeateds -- and a whole bunch of angry fans.

Of course, what we need is a playoff system. But for a whole bunch of reasons that doesn't seem likely to happen on its own.