By "reducing controversy," I meant more along the lines of crowning the actual best team. I'm having a hard time calling tOSU the real champions. They were just playing really well at the end of the season. TCU was also playing very well.
The year before, if OU had somehow snuck into a playoff (had we not inexplicably lost to Texas, we might have), I think we could have definitely won it, as beating OSU and Alabama back to back was comparable. In no way was that a championship team, though.