re: Alabama is the best team in the nation

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Alabama is the best team in the nation

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While I agree that Bama and FSU are the most talented teams in the nation, Alabama did not prove it on the field against Auburn. Saban wins with excellent defense and conservative offense that minimizes mistakes. Their Achilles Heal has been otherwise solid special teams in which their FG kicker inexplicably goes into a funk and of course a few big WTF plays like the run-back of that final FG attempt. But the real issue in that game was Bama's inability to stop Auburn's running game.

Conclusion: we have reached an era in college football (we say it with Cam Newton) in which excellent diverse offense trumps excellent defense. This should not be surprising since the offense has the advantage of choosing and overpowering at the point of attack unknown to the defense. As a result, conservative offense doesn't cut it against high powered offensive teams like Auburn. You must have your own high powered offense to keep pace and hope that your defense can make enough stops to win the game.