Mike Gundy Says Oklahoma State Would Have Beat LSU In The 2011 National Championship

During an interview with ESPN's Chris Low, Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy remembered back to the 2011 season where a loss to Iowa State on Nov. 18 cost the Cowboys a chance at playing LSU for the National Championship.

Oklahoma State was No. 2 at the time and lost 37-31 in double overtime to unranked Iowa State. The loss allowed Alabama to jump ahead of the Cowboys in the BCS standings, setting up the rematch between LSU and the Crimson Tide in the National Championship.

According to his interview with Low, Gundy said that his team would have beat LSU in the National Championship if they got there.

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There was a time when that 2011 season tormented Gundy, especially with Oklahoma State being passed up by Alabama in the final BCS standings. The Crimson Tide went on to play LSU in a rematch after losing the regular-season contest and captured the national championship.

"We would have played LSU and won," Gundy said. "They were an overload-the-box, man-to-man team on defense, and you could not play our team in man that year. We were too good. That still bothers me, that we didn't get a shot. And if the system was set up like it is now, we would have been in the playoff. I guess those things don't drive me as much. I love for our kids to have success, don't get me wrong. But I don't dwell on it like I used to."

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Um, thoughts?