Also, it seems unfair that the other teams had to put their playoff chances on the line in the Conference Championship games, while Ohio State actually got a break by not having to play in the theirs’. They had nothing to gain by being in the Big Ten Championship Game, but they would have had everything to lose.
Championship games giveth, and championship games taketh away. In the Big 12, over the years, I have seen at least 3 teams have their title chances spoiled in the championship game...yet in recent years without it, I think it has hurt their top teams’ title hopes.