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re: Top 5 SEC defenses last 10 years.
Posted on 4/3/10 at 7:53 pm to MagillaGuerilla
Posted on 4/3/10 at 7:53 pm to MagillaGuerilla
That wasn't in my lifetime. 
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Posted on 4/3/10 at 7:54 pm to MagillaGuerilla
I said '92 and be done with it damnit!!!! 
Posted on 4/4/10 at 7:38 am to BhamDore
Two things.
First: There were some great defenses in the last decade and stats don't tell the entire story for the most part.
Second: The 04 Auburn team was good.......real good..
First: There were some great defenses in the last decade and stats don't tell the entire story for the most part.
Second: The 04 Auburn team was good.......real good..
Posted on 4/4/10 at 8:53 am to CrimsonChin
difficult to judge best defense but there are a lot of very good ones. As pointed out the 03 LSU, 04 AU, 05 Bama, 09 Bama, 07 UF was strong as well as 02 UGA.
Posted on 4/4/10 at 9:00 am to RollTide1987
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Those other defenses were good. But, statistically speaking, '05 Alabama was just a little better.
It's a shame Prothro got hurt.
Posted on 4/4/10 at 1:35 pm to RollTide1987
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Those other defenses were good. But, statistically speaking, '05 Alabama was just a little better.
unless you look at all the stats I put up that show LSU destroyed Bama in almost every defensive stat except points which Bama had 10.7 to LSU's 10.8
50 sacks to 20
21 picks to 11
5 TD's returned for a TD to 1
12 Fumble recoveries to 1
Now I know you have some weak argument about our Offense being better but if that is the case does that make LSU's defense better than Bama's in 2009 because we were 112th in offense and you were in the top 30?
Annoying to think about, i know. Basically by looking at your 2005 stats if your defense would have caused more turnovers instead of having a bend but not break policy (a la LSU 2009) then maybe your offense could have scored more points. Have I mentioned LSU won both games in 2003 and 2005. But we did lose to Auburn's 2004 defense.
I've got it
1. 2003 LSU
2. 2004 Auburn
3. 2005 Alabama
Posted on 4/4/10 at 8:13 pm to StreetDiction
I knew the bama fans had nothing to say back to that.
Posted on 4/4/10 at 8:16 pm to StreetDiction
Meh. What do you want us to say? LSUs 2003 defense was nasty. Bama had a great defense in 2005.
1992 Bama still tops everyone
1992 Bama still tops everyone
Posted on 4/4/10 at 8:18 pm to TTsTowel
Auburn 2006
Posted on 4/4/10 at 8:29 pm to Paul Allen
Auburn 2006 was nasty
Posted on 4/4/10 at 10:49 pm to OUandLSUfan
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Top 5 SEC defenses last 10 years.
1.08 USC
2.01 Miami
3.03 LSU
4.01 Oklahoma
5.03 Miami
6.04 Virginia Tech
7.00 Florida State
8.06 Florida
9.09 Nebraska
10.05 Alabama
04 Virginia Tech but no 04 Auburn?
This post was edited on 4/4/10 at 10:51 pm
Posted on 4/4/10 at 11:23 pm to Badgers4
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Top 5 SEC defenses last 10 years.
1.08 USC
2.01 Miami
3.03 LSU
4.01 Oklahoma
5.03 Miami
6.04 Virginia Tech
7.00 Florida State
8.06 Florida
9.09 Nebraska
10.05 Alabama
When did the SEC expand to include USC, Miami, Oklahoma, Virginia Tech, FSU and Nebraska?
And people don't understand why its so hard to win the SEC....
Posted on 4/4/10 at 11:34 pm to bamascott2
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The SEC is down..
as a whole the SEC was down last year, doesn't mean it wasn't good.
Posted on 4/5/10 at 12:06 am to Alahunter
1) 2003 LSU 11 ppg + 7 Def. Tds
2) 2004 Auburn
3) 2008 Floria
4) 2009 Alabama
5) 2005 Alabama
One thing to realize about '05 BAMA that not many are pointing out is that this team did not win the division. Did not play the elite team from the East, UGA, or a major bowl opponent. The numbers are scewed. The top four here all won the SEC, therefore, playing the most elite competition in and out of the SEC. The top three won NCs and 04' Auburn won the Sugar Bowl.
2) 2004 Auburn
3) 2008 Floria
4) 2009 Alabama
5) 2005 Alabama
One thing to realize about '05 BAMA that not many are pointing out is that this team did not win the division. Did not play the elite team from the East, UGA, or a major bowl opponent. The numbers are scewed. The top four here all won the SEC, therefore, playing the most elite competition in and out of the SEC. The top three won NCs and 04' Auburn won the Sugar Bowl.
Posted on 4/5/10 at 12:21 am to rpg37
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One thing to realize about '05 BAMA that not many are pointing out is that this team did not win the division. Did not play the elite team from the East, UGA, or a major bowl opponent. The numbers are scewed. The top four here all won the SEC, therefore, playing the most elite competition in and out of the SEC. The top three won NCs and 04' Auburn won the Sugar Bowl.
thank goodness, someone else backs me up on that point.
Posted on 4/5/10 at 12:55 am to StreetDiction
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Annoying to think about, i know. Basically by looking at your 2005 stats if your defense would have caused more turnovers instead of having a bend but not break policy (a la LSU 2009) then maybe your offense could have scored more points. Have I mentioned LSU won both games in 2003 and 2005. But we did lose to Auburn's 2004 defense
See...the thing is...the 2005 defense did NOT have a bend but don't break policy. The offense that year was pretty good in the first five games of the season. But after Tyrone Prothro went down at the end of the Florida game, whatever light the offense had was quickly extinguished. The 2005 defense went on for the rest of the season virtually on its own. The defense had NOTHING to do with the offenses' woes. It was the offense that always put the defense in tough situations. See the 2005 Tennessee and Ole Miss games for perfect examples.
LSU's 2003 defense was amazing as well. But they were aided along by a record setting offense. That offense forced other offenses to play aggressively to keep up and thus allowed that defense of yours to make all of those big plays. Not so much with '05 Alabama.
Most teams Alabama played that year, with the exception of Florida and South Carolina, stuck to their original game plans because the games were always close, low scoring affairs. In games like the Florida and South Carolina affairs, the offense was able to light up the opposing team, forcing their offenses to become more aggressive, and thus generating turnovers.
From October 1, 2005 - November 12, 2005, the defense did not allow a single opponent into the end zone. And, with the exception of Southern Miss, no team could consistently move the ball on Alabama until the Iron Bowl.
And this argument that you are making about '05 Alabama not winning the division is pointless. The OP said nothing about who won the division in what year. He simply asked who we thought the top defenses of the decade were. If we were comparing overall teams that would be a different story.
This post was edited on 4/5/10 at 1:00 am
Posted on 4/5/10 at 1:22 am to RollTide1987
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And this argument that you are making about '05 Alabama not winning the division is pointless. The OP said nothing about who won the division in what year. He simply asked who we thought the top defenses of the decade were. If we were comparing overall teams that would be a different story.
With all due respect, I believe you are dead wrong on this. Winning your division adds two additional highly-touted opponents to your schedule. That 2003 LSU team had to play, No. 5 UGA, twice, and play No. 1 OU, which led the nation in scoring offense that season. And in that title game, OU had less than 200 yards of offense and their two scoring drives culminated less than 40 total yards as they were both set-up by turnovers.
Finally, you mention that LSU played with big leads which scewed its stats. Well, when you start the game, it's 0-0. No team dominated first halves like LSU did.
Obviously, the majority of points against us were late in ballgames that year against out second string. The average score of the first three quarters each game; 29-6.4. That is dominant.
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
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LSU................. 130 161 115 69 - 475
Opponents........... 30 23 37 64 - 154
This shows that the LSU defense often set the tone. That season, LSU had first half shutouts going against, UL-Monroe (21-0), Arizona (38-0), Western Illinois (17-0), Mississippi State (24-0), South Carolina (21-0), La. Tech (49-0), Alabama (17-0), and Auburn (21-0).
This post was edited on 4/5/10 at 1:31 am
Posted on 4/5/10 at 1:43 pm to SouthernMan
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Top 5 SEC defenses last 10 years.
1.08 USC
2.01 Miami
3.03 LSU
4.01 Oklahoma
5.03 Miami
6.04 Virginia Tech
7.00 Florida State
8.06 Florida
9.09 Nebraska
10.05 Alabama
dam thats one hell of a conference
Posted on 4/5/10 at 2:13 pm to CapstoneGrad06
I'd probably give the edge to the 05 bammer defense. Like others have said their offense was terrible and they put their defense in a lot of bad situations. I don't remember any other games specifically but in the AU/UA game in 05 we scored 28 points but our scoring drives were 40yds, 31 yds, 55 yds and 61 yds. Other than their offense that defenses only weakness(like all Joe Kines defenses) was the dreaded inside trout.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkNT28g6YBU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkNT28g6YBU
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