I don’t think it is demeaning a team to say that a conference championship means something. TCU made the final, if they win it they had the best season of anyone. If they lose they have a season of almosts with really nothing to show for it except losing twice in championship games. Maybe I feel different because Michigan hadn’t won the big ten in literally 20 years, so winning the big ten is a pretty big deal. Michigan will get conference championship rings and put up another banner. Unless TCU wins next Monday they won’t unless they throw some runner up banners up. If TCU wins obviously you take TCUs season. But if next Tuesday you have Michigan 13-1 big ten champs and TCU 13-2 with two championship game losses, IMO it’s clear who had the better season. 10 years from now Michigan will still be 2022 big ten champs. TCU will be the team that beat the big ten champs and runner up to Kstate.