re: Had LSU won the National Championship in 2011

1995 Nebraska didn't play the type of schedule 2011 LSU did. Neither did 2001 Miami or 2004 USC. Those teams might beat 2011 LSU, but their regular seasons were not as impressive Bc their schedules weren't so difficult.

2011 was the odd year when, logically, there weren't any teams worthy of playing LSU for the NC. But since there had to be a NC game, Okie by every measure except "quality loss" and the newly invented "eye test" was the appropriate opponent.