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re: Key to a dominant sec team.
Posted on 9/19/12 at 5:06 am to Darth Slive
Posted on 9/19/12 at 5:06 am to Darth Slive
quote:I'd throw a dominant O line in there too. Love how a great D line can change the game though.
Great DTs and LBs. It's what sets the SEC elite apart.
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Posted on 9/19/12 at 6:07 am to loweralabamatrojan
During Spurriers earlier days at UF there is a misconception that we were pass heavy..not true. UF didnt sling the ball around 45+ times a game. Most of the time no more than 30-35 passes were thrown and equal numbers of rushing attempts made.
We had Fred Taylor, Errict Rhett ands Ernest Graham as RBs during Spurriers years and all three played in the NFL.
True in the NFL it is a passing league with very stout defenses...but if you cannot generate enough rushing to compliment your 6'5" qbs passing attack.,...he will be 6'4" by years end from all the pounding..
In college football you must run the ball and stop the run to give your team the best chance to win. You have to control the trenches. When I watch games the first thing I look at is how well the OL & DL is doing. If the OL is having a hard time...then usually a team will try finesse tactics to offset pass rush.
We had Fred Taylor, Errict Rhett ands Ernest Graham as RBs during Spurriers years and all three played in the NFL.
True in the NFL it is a passing league with very stout defenses...but if you cannot generate enough rushing to compliment your 6'5" qbs passing attack.,...he will be 6'4" by years end from all the pounding..
In college football you must run the ball and stop the run to give your team the best chance to win. You have to control the trenches. When I watch games the first thing I look at is how well the OL & DL is doing. If the OL is having a hard time...then usually a team will try finesse tactics to offset pass rush.
Posted on 9/19/12 at 6:11 am to loweralabamatrojan
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I'd throw a dominant O line in there too. Love how a great D line can change the game though.
SEC offensive lines aren't appreciably better than those in any of the other major conferences. It's the talent that we have on the defensive line that sets us apart.
Believe me on this one, I had a bet with a buddy of mine (Michigan fan) a couple years back about the number of players the SEC put into the NFL at various positions vis a vis the B1G. Figuring out the winner of this bet was a bit of a tedious affair, but the results were clear. The SEC and the B1G were putting roughly the same number of players per team into the league at every position except one....defensive line.
And the difference was striking. My friend didn't even bother trying to argue away the significance of the discrepancy. It was at that point that I realized that "SEC speed" didn't mean that ALL of our guys all over the field were faster than ALL of their guys. Just a very very important unit of guys.
"Oh, so that's why Troy Smith invented the thirteen step drop that year in Glendale."
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