re: Grantland article (RE: Chavis, LSU, TAMU, and the SEC) SIAP

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good coach with a lack of talent doesn't produce elite numbers

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One thing the article postulated with which I (and most of us) agree is that A&M's defense shouldn't have to produce elite numbers.

Elite numbers are great but they're not winning ballgames. Producing elite numbers at LSU and not winning ballgames is why Chavis is no longer there.

In 2013 A&M was 18 points away from going 11-1 and winning the SEC West. Shave 7 points per game (turn one touchdown drive into a punt) and this would have been the case.

2014 was worse: we needed to shave 11 points per game to go 11-1 and win the West. (10 points per game to take those 3 losses to overtime).

No one is looking for elite defensive numbers here. (Though we'd certainly take them, and hope to be getting them in the future). In 2015 if we, per game, can turn one TD into a punt (or turnover) and another into a field goal then we'll do better than any of us expect.