Elite offensive team or a elite defensive team

Elite offense is way more fun to watch than elite defense. See 2022 Vols vs 2012 Gators.

20 years ago, I’d take an elite defense. Today, I’d rather have an elite offense

Elite defense wins championships.
Just need a competent offense to score 20+ and you’re going to win most competitive games.

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In college, give me elite QB play all day

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In 23 LSU had an elite QB and an elite offense. It did not turn out well.

Nah you kidding that lsu ol was insane the main problem was that 2023 lsu did not have defense

Different folks with different preferences, to be certain.

I grew up in the era of defenses - the first player I can remember vividly seeing play at the college level was Derrick Thomas and it goes from there.

I'll always consider the 2011 Alabama team, and that 2011 Alabama/LSU game, what football is supposed to be - hard hitting slug fests.

Case in point:
LSU was 18th and Alabama 19th in PPG that season
In point differential, Alabama was #1 and LSU was #5

That Alabama team gave up 7.1 ppg - in a time that offenses had already made huge strides and a lot of rules had been put forth in favor of them. LSU gave up just 11 ppg.

Now you may see scores drop significantly again, but that's due to offensive cohesion being a thing of the past. It's hard to develop an offensive chemistry and implement complex offensive schemes when you are having to develop a new player at 50-75% of the positions every year.