re: Joel Klatt’s Top 10 Teams Since 2000 Plus Hypothetical Four Team Playoff

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That LSU defense isn’t even top ten in LSU history.

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Maybe not statistically but you can't compare what 2019 and other modern defenses are tasked with doing vs what defenses even just earlier in decade were asked to do. Tempo has taken over and defenses are having to defend more snaps per game. Plain and simple. Couple that with the fact that a high powered fast scoring offense is going to both cause your defense to be on the field more often and cause your opponent to try and keep up and you wind up giving up more yards and points than you used to when rbs were king in the conference. And that doesn't even mention rule changes like targeting that previous defenses didn't have to deal with.

So I'm not trying to say they had this unbelievable defense, I'm just saying it's not fair to compare them (or any defense) to those of the past. But even statistically that defense wasn't as bad on a national scale as some make it out to be.