I don’t like teams from Oklahoma. I root against any team that Clay Bennett may possibly want to support. That’s what makes this so hard for me to say.

Oklahoma State deserves to play LSU for the BCS title.

That actually hurt me to say.

Now, do you remember the old days, when there was no overtime? In that situation, LSU and Alabama Version 1.0 would have ended 6-6. Both teams would have ended the season 12-0-1. It would be clear that we needed another 60 minutes to settle things.

However, we have overtime. We have Conference Championship games. And we have Conference champions.

Now, I would argue that the SEC Championship was a farce caused by the impractical practice of artificially manufacturing a divisional split of East vs West or North vs South. What we should have had in the SEC was SEC #1 play SEC #2. LSU vs Alabama for the SEC Championship. Winner goes to the BCS. That’s real drama. (For the record, we also saw this play out in the Pac-12. We should have seen Stanford at Oregon, not UCLA at Oregon. The divisional thing is just dumb.)

But we didn’t have that. The SEC created their rules, and their rules caused Alabama to be shut out of their own Conference Championship game. So Alabama should feel aggrieved, upset and annoyed, but they should be taking their case up with their Conference while they prep for the Sugar Bowl or whatever their best option for a non-BCS title would be.

Meanwhile…

– Oklahoma St won their conference. Granted, the Big 12 without Nebraska isn’t the same, but it isn’t Conference USA or the Mountain West. They are a Conference Champion from a top 4 Conference.

– Alabama has already lost to LSU. Stanford lost to Oregon who lost to LSU.

– Boise State and Houston had to go 13-0 for any legitimate claim.

– The other Top 4 Conference Champions have 2 losses (Oregon and Wisconsin).

So, in lieu of 2 undefeated teams, Oklahoma State is the only 1 loss Conference Champion from a Top 4 Conference.

Alabama fans – you had your chance. You actually had two chances if you count Overtime as a redemption. You blew them both. You should be out.

We should be seeing LSU vs Oklahoma State.