FSU in the 1st and last BCS Title game. Why not the first and last 4 team playoff?

 

in the 1st and last BCS Title game. Why not the first and last 4 team playoff?

I was trying to recall if the 1996 Sugar (loss to UF), or the 1998 Fiesta (loss to Tennessee) was the first BCS game.

Turns out the 1996 was a "Bowl Alliance" game, of which we ALSO did the first and last (although the 1996 was the middle game of the 3 game contract)

For reference here are games of note, except my prediction for 2023 which is TBD

First Bowl Alliance game:
1995 (FSU over ND Orange)

Last Bowl Alliance game:
1997 (FSU over Ohio State Sugar)

First BCS game:
1998 (Tennessee over FSU Fiesta)

Last BCS game::
2013 (FSU over Auburn Rose stadium)

First CFP game:
2014 (Oregon over FSU Rose)

Final CFP game:
2023 (FSU over Ohio State Sugar)