The case for Oklahoma State in the national title game

You won’t get any lobbying from me. That’s not my job as a reporter.

And, clearly, you won’t get any politicking from Mike Gundy, either. Moving on.

But some media voices around the country have started arguing that OSU, not Alabama, is really the team that deserves to play for the national title if the Cowboys beat No. 10 OU on Saturday night.

Shortly after the latest BCS standings were revealed Sunday night, this piece by Sports Illustrated’s Stewart Mandel started circulating.

Then this graphic flew around the social media world. I had it sent to me multiple times. (Click on  the image for a larger view.)

Then this piece was posted by CBS’ Tom Fornelli on Monday, complete with a blind resume comparison and poll at the end for readers to vote on. The team with 80 percent of the vote, as of Wednesday afternoon? OSU.

Then Jay Walker of KPEL Radio in Lafayette, La., said he would vote OSU No. 2 on his Harris poll ballot of the Cowboys beat the Sooners.

And earlier Wednesday, CBS’ Dennis Dodd dedicated multiple Twitter posts to OSU and linked back to Fornelli’s story.

As my colleague Jenni Carlson learned Monday, some voters don’t even think the Cowboys are the third-best team in the nation. And it’s going to take nearly all of them to vote OSU No. 3 or higher in order for the Cowboys to have any shot at passing the Crimson Tide.

Of course, none of this matters if OSU doesn’t win Bedlam. And even then, it still looks like a long shot that the Cowboys will be playing in New Orleans in Jan. 9.