The handwringing that ensued in Big 12 Conference circles over the makeup of last season's College Football Playoff was understandable, given the overwhelming attention paid to the new postseason format, but flawed in one respect: it drew conclusions from only one year of results.
It's too soon to claim the sky is falling, in other words, and too early to assume that being left out of the inaugural Playoff field demands a substantial shift in how the Big 12 as a whole goes about its football-playing business — adding a conference championship game, for instance.