A closer look

What a thriller.

Ya know... I'm sorry. I won't let the sarcasm go past there.

I mean, the "Good Hands Play of the Game" was the holder spinning the laces away from the kicker.

Really?

Obviously, this whole thing comes down to the simple fact that Oklahoma State should have beaten Iowa State. I get that. I accept that. Whatever.

But let's look at it this way: Alabama got a shot at avenging their only loss of the year, why couldn't Oklahoma State?

If you were to tell the OSU football team "You have to go to Iowa State and win this time, and if you do that you get to go to the National Championship" I guarantee that they would take that deal 10 out of 10 times, and win the football game 10 out of 10 times.

But it didn't happen that way, and once again, I'm okay with that.

What I'm not okay with is what I see on Facebook and Twitter:

Alabama and LSU would've shut Oklahoma State's offense down.

Bama and LSU have the #1 and #2 defenses in the nation, respectively.

We'll pick on Alabama.

The Crimson Tide were the top-ranked defense in the nation, but lets look past that. The best offenses they faced were Arkansas (13th ranked passing offense) and LSU (17th ranked rushing offense).

They allowed 185 yards and 2 TD's to Arkansas' passing offense, which when you look at it from the view of talent and overall scheme, is nothing to Oklahoma State's passing attack.

The Tide allowed 148 rushing yards to LSU in the first game, and a stunning 39 yards in the National Championship. Oklahoma State was the 58th ranked rushing attack in the nation while calling a rushing play about 40% of the time.

Now that you have seen that, does it really make sense to say that Alabama would have "shut down" Oklahoma State's offense? Especially passing.

If they allowed Arkansas' quarterback Tyler Wilson to go 22/35 for 185 and 2 TD's with his best receiver being Jarius Wright (1117 yds, 12 TD's) and Joe Adams (652 yds, 3 TD's), what kind of damage would Brandon Weeden had done with Justin Blackmon (1522 yds, 18 TD's), Josh Cooper (715 yds, 3 TD's) and Tracy Moore (672 yds, 4 TD's)?

Add in RB's Joseph Randle (1216 yds, 24 TD's) and Jeremy Smith (646 yds, 9 TD's)?

Well, let's just say the final wouldn't have been 21-0.

In the words of Mike Gundy: "I just think we could score."