Oklahoma State football: Mike Gundy says if the Cowboys win Bedlam they’d be “a great opponent” in the BCS title game

Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy gave one of his final pre-Bedlam interviews today, appearing on The Doug Gottlieb Show on ESPN Radio. Here’s some excerpts of that interview:

On why he didn’t campaign for OSU at his weekly press conference, instead saying he’d vote for Alabama “right now”:

“We haven’t won a conference championship here outright at Oklahoma State. I’ve talked to the team about staying focused and preparation.
I felt like there was a lot of talk about playing in the BCS game and I’ve worried about that all season. If we had three or four championships here under our belt, I feel like I could talk about it.  I didn’t want to say one thing to the press and tell our team another… If we win this game I hope other people realize we would be a great opponent to play in that (BCS title) game.”

On whether there’s any more or less pressure involved with Saturday’s Bedlam game in Stillwater (7 p.m. ABC):

“I think anybody that tries to say there’s not pressure is giving you coach talk. I watched the pressure mount throughout this season, and our team did a good job of dealing with it… I know there’s pressure because this team has the chance to win a conference title for the first time in school history.”