re: Sumlin's decisiveness

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The 2012 defense was average, people remember it more fondly because our offense made the scoring gap in many games so wide. It was aided by teams having to go into full blown comeback mode so often as well.

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Let's not forget that, after the defensive starters, the reserves (who would become the 2013 starters) were TERRIBLE.

Case in point was the Louisiana Tech game (with 4 starters suspended), the Auburn game (was 49-7 when we pulled the starters), the Sam Houston State game (was 47-0 when we pulled the starters), and the Missouri game (was 42-0 when we pulled the starters)