Defense Wins Championships

#51
#51
Defense wins championships...


....as long as you have an offense that can score more points than your opponent

Nope. A defense only needs to shut out a team and either get a safety, or a blocked kick and return for a score, or a pick 6. Game over. They don't even have to shut out a team if the defense can score and overcome the score of the offense.

The historical data suggests a strong defense often makes the difference in championship scenarios.
 
#53
#53
Our beloved Vols may become the 2001 Baltimore Ravens...

Great Defense.

Offense was a minor compliment to the "lights out" Defense.

Not sure we have a Ray Lewis type (not the criminal type but HOF level playmaker/captain type)
 
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#57
#57
So, I only went back to 2013: in that stretch, 4 champs were ranked 10th or worse in scoring defense, including 2019 LSU at 33rd and 2014 Ohio State at 26th; 4 were ranked 10th or worse in scoring offense, including 2015 Alabama at 30th. Since 2018, 4 of the 6 champs were top 5 on offense, 4 of the 6 were top 5 on defense.

So, defense wins championships, except when it doesn't.

Or, to misquote Casey Stengel (or Yogi Berra, or Yogi Berra quoting Casey Stengel; depending on who you believe): "Good defense beats good offense, and vice versa."
 
#58
#58
Nope. A defense only needs to shut out a team and either get a safety, or a blocked kick and return for a score, or a pick 6. Game over. They don't even have to shut out a team if the defense can score and overcome the score of the offense.

The historical data suggests a strong defense often makes the difference in championship scenarios.
One has to score to win. Not many games in the last 50 bars have been won 2-0
 
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#61
#61
Nope, it's the instant gratification generation that has a problem with it, among other things.
Ah yes, this is coming from the booming generation that has created absolutely nothing but drying up governmental resources and causing a housing market crisis. Please come up with something original...for once
 
#62
#62
Ah yes, this is coming from the booming generation that has created absolutely nothing but drying up governmental resources and causing a housing market crisis. Please come up with something original...for once
Funny, cause your era has produced a lot of uninformed, falsehood spouting, fact denying blurbs who think they are brilliant. Afraid, you wouldn't know original if it was wrapped around your neck like a shawl and sprayed with Drakkar Noir or classic Old Spice.
 
#63
#63
Funny, cause your era has produced a lot of uninformed, falsehood spouting, fact denying blurbs who think they are brilliant. Afraid, you wouldn't know original if it was wrapped around your neck like a shawl and sprayed with Drakkar Noir or classic Old Spice.
It's the morning after a huge win. I'm done arguing. Unless you're a bama fan I'm just going to move onward
 
#65
#65
I read where that's actually not entirely true. Gotta have a balanced team.

It was true until the modern era. There were teams like 1992 Alabama and 1998 Tennessee that had mediocre offenses but won the title with elite defense. However, since 2014 or so, you have needed more.
 

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