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re: NFL.com's Top 10 College Football Teams of the 2000s
Posted on 7/3/14 at 12:43 am to Tuscaloosa
Posted on 7/3/14 at 12:43 am to Tuscaloosa
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Largely considered one of the top 5 defenses to ever play the game.
And those numbers are all clearly skewed by the crappy competition you faced that year, am I right?
Bama faced a whopping 2 offenses that were inside the top 70 in scoring offense in 2011, and one of those was LSU. Your defense didn't face anyone that year that could be considered a really good offense outside of Arkie, and you got them early before Tyler Wilson had even settled in as a starter.
Auburn at least faced 5 top 50 offenses in 2004, which is more than I can say for 2011 Bama. And we held all of those offenses but Arkie under 14 points (and Tenn in a rematch after we let off the gas).
Trying to use schedules as a reason to discount a team is dumb as hell period, but doing so when your own championship teams have had crazy easy schedules is just beyond silly.
1995 Nebraska had a crazy easy schedule, doesn't stop them from being one of the best teams of all time.
This post was edited on 7/3/14 at 12:49 am
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Posted on 7/3/14 at 12:58 am to auyushu
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Posted on 7/3/14 at 1:38 am to auyushu
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And we held all of those offenses but Arkie under 14 points (and Tenn in a rematch after we let off the gas).
Auburn only led Tennessee by a touchdown at the start of the 4th quarter. It's pretty stupid to let off the gas when you're only up by 14 at halftime.
There's a reason why Auburn didn't get into the BCS National Championship Game in 2004. It's because the SEC was perceived as weak. Auburn was a great team in 2004 but, like the SEC in 1992, the league only consisted of one great team and a couple of good ones.
Alabama was able to maintain its lead over FSU and Texas A&M in the polls that season due to its name.
This post was edited on 7/3/14 at 1:42 am
Posted on 7/3/14 at 4:06 am to auyushu
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And those numbers are all clearly skewed by the crappy competition you faced that year, am I right?
Bama faced a whopping 2 offenses that were inside the top 70 in scoring offense in 2011, and one of those was LSU. Your defense didn't face anyone that year that could be considered a really good offense outside of Arkie, and you got them early before Tyler Wilson had even settled in as a starter.
Auburn at least faced 5 top 50 offenses in 2004, which is more than I can say for 2011 Bama. And we held all of those offenses but Arkie under 14 points (and Tenn in a rematch after we let off the gas).
Trying to use schedules as a reason to discount a team is dumb as hell period, but doing so when your own championship teams have had crazy easy schedules is just beyond silly.
1995 Nebraska had a crazy easy schedule, doesn't stop them from being one of the best teams of all time.
They played (and destroyed) 4 teams that finished in the top 10.
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