I am really hoping the committee holds true to their word that championship games won't hurt teams. I think achievement should matter and it is an achievement to reach your conference's championship game.
Here are my personal caveats that I'd like to see:
If you are on the inside of the bubble pre-championship game, you should not be bounced out for losing. If you are on the outside and needing to win your conference championship to make it into the playoff, you should be able to be left out by losing. For example, if Texas A&M had won Saturday, they'd be 9-3 realistically needing to win to make the playoff. Don't think a 4 loss team, even when #4 is in the conference championship game, should be in the playoff.
Here are my personal caveats that I'd like to see:
If you are on the inside of the bubble pre-championship game, you should not be bounced out for losing. If you are on the outside and needing to win your conference championship to make it into the playoff, you should be able to be left out by losing. For example, if Texas A&M had won Saturday, they'd be 9-3 realistically needing to win to make the playoff. Don't think a 4 loss team, even when #4 is in the conference championship game, should be in the playoff.
