re: A question and a prediction - Offensive philosophy cycles and coaching staffs

Honestly, I think we're going to see the majority of national champions come from teams that have the ability to both line up and play smash mouth on offense and to spread things out and attack through the air.

I don't think the teams that win titles will be one dimensional offensively very often. If you look at teams that won national titles before Michigan, they had the ability to smash opponents and to pass on them. UGA in 2022 and 2021 could do both. Bama in 2020. LSU in 2019. Clemson in 2018. Bama in 2017. And before that. They all had extremely good to great OL's, prolific passing offense and great RB's.

I don't think offenses that rely solely on a single approach are going to win titles very often. It's one of the reasons I don't think Tennessee will win under Heupel. He runs his offense. The teams that win titles run whatever offense will work against the defense they face. If you can't adjust to what the defense does, a good defense that shuts down you offensive approach cannot be overcome.

You can't have just one approach if you want to win a title in today's college football. Similarly your defense can't be designed to only stop one thing.