In a system I advocate for, you can whip up any craziness you want, but it won't change anything. Conference championships SHOULD be a big deal and amazing and great and wonderful.
But the moment we had the SEC split into divisions, that started going out the window. Once conferences got so bloated that you didn't come close to playing everyone else, it went nearly totally out the window.
Now what matters? What do people remember? For the big-boy programs, it's did you make the playoff? Alabama happens to win the SEC a lot, but they'll take that playoff spot over another SEC crown every day of the week. So would I. So should you.
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I'm a college football fanatic, and I couldn't tell you if MSU won the B1G any of those years they were so good with Dantonio. I think they must have when they made the playoff, but I wouldn't be money on it. I don't know which years Wisconsin won the B1G, if OSU was above them and made the playoff. Hell, they may not have ever happened!
And think about the PAC-12. I know Oregon won it in when they spanked FSU....in the playoff. But how many of us could list the last 5 PAC-12 champs? I couldn't, because they don't make the playoff (UW did that one year, I know).
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Conference champs was a big deal until it wasn't.
Yes, much of the time, the best team in the country doesn't win their conference.
To pretend otherwise is sticking your head in the sand.