Remember Carly Fiorina‘s demon sheep? Of course you do. We all love the demon sheep. No more than the Playoff PAC, a political group lobbying Congress to destroy the Bowl Championship Series. So, they took Fiorina’s ad and did their own play on it (h/t Dr. Saturday).

As we sit here, watching the Fiesta Bowl between two undefeated teams, that’s not the national championship game, a gentleman’s thoughts turn to playoffs for major college football. How interesting those playoffs would be is debatable. We lose all interest in the NCAA basketball tournament before the Elite Eight, unless we have a team in the mix. In 2004, when Alabama went to the round of eight and UAB made the Sweet 16 was the last time we cared after the second round. Why? It’s the reason any casual fan watches — upsets and tournament pools.

A 16-team football playoff will not generate the same amount of upset drama. Sure, they could happen, but by this point in the season, you would be less likely to see Troy knock off Alabama. Big upsets are more likely to occur early in the season, when the talent-rich teams are still figuring themselves out. The 1999 Crimson Tide team that won the SEC and went to the Orange Bowl was bested by Louisiana Tech. These things happen.

But, the Playoff PAC is working to get the big boys in a playoff system, and is running commercials now to sway opinion. It features none other than an interview taken from the brilliant “Dan Patrick Show.” Which you can watch on DirecTV channel 101 (inside jokes).

As our uncle would say, “Oh, law.”

The Bowl Championship Series, which we just defended, didn’t exactly wow the nation when it retained former Bush administration spokesman Ari Fleischer’s firm to run its public relations operation. The move has no doubt been driven by things like PACs popping up to push for a major college football playoff, and threats of congressional investigations. This, eh, doesn’t look good on the surface.

We never liked Fleischer. He acted like a hyped-up douchenozzle during the 2000 campaign, and when moved into the official press secretary role, had to behave like an asshole. Every White House press secretary does. We’re pretty sure it’s in the job description. That’s only the first problem.

The second problem is that Fleischer’s name is irreparably tied to the Bush administration, which in the second term so alienated the voting public that Congress flipped to the Democrats and a first-term senator with a funny name was able to take the White House. Not a good track record, there.

The laughs resounded across the college football blogosphere. As says Dr. Saturday:

It took me a couple go-rounds this weekend to realize the headline “Bowl Championship Series hires ex-Bush administration spokesman to improve public image of BCS” wasn’t another magisterial offering from The Onion — the haphazard hand of reality couldn’t possibly align such note-perfect satire on its own accord. But sometimes, I guess, you really can’t make this stuff up.

And look at that picture — he’s clearly angling to make sure Texas gets in the national championship game. Conspiracy!