Defense Wins Championships

[All-Vol]

And Tennessee has the defense to do it.

 

[uncle chewii]

The defense is capable but the offense is not unfortunately.

 

[Other_Guy]

I read where that's actually not entirely true. Gotta have a balanced team.

 

[ETV]

The offense requires a pulse and can't be activated to do something halfway thru the 3rd quarter.

It's not required to air it out 40 times a game. The short passing game is being overlooked somehow since the offense resorts to screens or the deep ball. Very little in between. Not sure if that's Halzle or Heupel's game plan.

 

[Tennessee Jedd]

The defense is capable but the offense is not unfortunately.

....yet here the Vols are, 5-1 and firmly in control of their own destiny. Enjoy it. I saw we dropped a couple of spots in spite of the win. Pretty sure that's already up on the bulletin board in the locker room.

 

[chattaboogie]

I read where that's actually not entirely true. Gotta have a balanced team.

The 60+ crowd still seems to have trouble accepting this

 

[Other_Guy]

Obviously this article has some age to it.

Inside The Numbers: Does Defense Really Win Championships? | The-Ozone

What matters more in the College Football Playoff: a great offense or a great defense? And what does it mean for 2019's contenders?

www.google.com

 

[GetYouSomeofThat]

I read where that's actually not entirely true. Gotta have a balanced team.

There is a great article regarding that on the Freakonomics website.

Does Defense Really Win Championships? - Freakonomics

It's at this point in the NFL postseason when every NFL analyst, pundit, and blogger will inevitably proclaim "defense wins championships." With the NFL conference championships upon us this weekend, this phrase will be uttered more times than "yo" in a typical Jersey Shore episode. And why...

freakonomics.com

It's old but very informative

 

[driscokid]

The defense is capable but the offense is not unfortunately.

If the offense could just start to click this week and get about 30% better TN could be real tough to beat.

 

[D-Vols]

The 60+ crowd still seems to have trouble accepting this

Let this 60+ try to splain it to you in a way you might could understand.

Offense is your pretty little girlfriend you love having her around and being seen with her.

Defense is your big brother and a couple of friends.

Now if you go out and get into a fight, who do you want with you, your pretty little girlfriend or your big brother and a couple of friends??

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

So all of you don’t think the offense might actually improve. So far we are 5-1! If we can just improve 7-10 points a game on offense I don’t see any team scoring wild on the Vols D! We will be ready for Bama!GBO

 

[TheVolunteer002]

Unfortunately, you have to score points against good teams to win championships. We're struggling to put up points against bad teams.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

....yet here the Vols are, 5-1 and firmly in control of their own destiny. Enjoy it. I saw we dropped a couple of spots in spite of the win. Pretty sure that's already up on the bulletin board in the locker room.

If the offense can improve just enough to win this one…well first of all, beating your greatest rival is great no matter what else happens, but if we could limp into the second bye 6-1 and the offense can improve little by little, who knows what might happen in November/December…

 

[LittleVol]

Let this 60+ try to splain it to you in a way you might could understand.

Offense is your pretty little girlfriend you love having her around and being seen with her.

Defense is your big brother and a couple of friends.

Now if you go out and get into a fight, who do you want with you, your pretty little girlfriend or your big brother and a couple of friends??

Your pretty girlfriend because she can just call the cops on them and have them arrested for even looking at her wrong…

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Defense wins championships is BS.

Check the CFP championship games and the winning team has needed, with a few blowouts removed, around 30 points to take the win. None have "defensive struggles" in recent years.

 

[VOLLeeann]

Great concept!! If they don't score least we can do is tie!!

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

The 60+ crowd still seems to have trouble accepting this

Going back to 2016, the national champion has been the team that was #1 in scoring defense 4 out of 7 times. Going back to 2009, the national champion has been in the Top 10 in scoring defense 13 out of 16 times, with the exceptions being 2020 Alabama (13th), 2021 LSU (31st) and 2010 Auburn (53rd). Defense still wins championships.

 

[#1fulmerite]

Let this 60+ try to splain it to you in a way you might could understand.

Offense is your pretty little girlfriend you love having her around and being seen with her.

Defense is your big brother and a couple of friends.

Now if you go out and get into a fight, who do you want with you, your pretty little girlfriend or your big brother and a couple of friends??

Awesome!

 

[GetYouSomeofThat]

Let this 60+ try to splain it to you in a way you might could understand.

Offense is your pretty little girlfriend you love having her around and being seen with her.

Defense is your big brother and a couple of friends.

Now if you go out and get into a fight, who do you want with you, your pretty little girlfriend or your big brother and a couple of friends??

Nice analogy but it isnt accurate.

A look at the data available says that both the offense and defense are equally important to winna championship l.

 

[HambyVol]

Defense is a crucial part of a championship team, however.....you still have to score more points than the other team in order to win......Scoring 0 points in the first half will not get this done no matter how you spin it.

 

[Volador]

Let this 60+ try to splain it to you in a way you might could understand.

Offense is your pretty little girlfriend you love having her around and being seen with her.

Defense is your big brother and a couple of friends.

Now if you go out and get into a fight, who do you want with you, your pretty little girlfriend or your big brother and a couple of friends??

Hell, I'd want Mabel, my pretty little girlfriend

 

[njvols]

So all of you don’t think the offense might actually improve. So far we are 5-1! If we can just improve 7-10 points a game on offense I don’t see any team scoring wild on the Vols D! We will be ready for Bama!GBO

Was listening to Ainge yesterday, and he was discussing a couple interesting things, basically that we aren't that far off, and everything hasn't necessarily gone to hell in a handbasket. Long pass play called back for holding. WR not making a 50/50 play or Nico being a bit off...connecting on a few of these puts the close games we've played into comfortable position. Personally, I like taking multiple shots, even if don't connect, but the sequence I really didn't like last week was throwing two deep balls and then running the ball on 3rd and 10.