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Originally Posted by nfotiu
Huh? In what circumstance would a team skip a CCG? It's a chance for an automatic bye into the top 4 for the winner, and it's hard to see a team ever thinking there safe in an at large with a WD from the championship game.
Would a conference even allow a team to skip the championship game? That all sounds like nonsense.
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It’s been widely discussed amongst media, teams and fans that missing the CCG should not be an advantage. Right now, making it and losing is, in some cases, worse than outright missing it. There have been several examples where a team was punished for losing and a team sitting out has benefited.
The CFP committee is aware of this and said they view making the game as a positive, winning the game as a positive but losing it will not punish teams. How true that is remains to be seen.