Even if your defense is elite, a bad offense is going to turn the ball over and/or cause you to lose the field position game. Eventually the other team will need a first down or 2 to get into scoring territory. And no matter how great your defense is, you aren’t going through a whole game without yielding a couple first downs.

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Posted by GorgeousGeorge

Nola

Member since Jul 2014

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Posted on 5/9/24 at 8:11 pm to GorgeousGeorge

I couldn’t find it for college, but the last time an NFL didn’t get a single first down was the broncos in 1966.

This post was edited on 5/9/24 at 10:21 pm

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Posted by Nutriaitch

Montegut

Member since Apr 2008

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Posted on 5/9/24 at 8:22 pm to Fun Bunch

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going back to 2015

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Lol

what’s so funny?
that was supposed to say 2014 (since the CFP started)

is 10 years too far back?

then just go every year post Covid.
2 of the 3 champs have had top 5 defenses without having a top 10 offense.

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Posted by stuckintexas

austin

Member since Sep 2009

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Posted on 5/9/24 at 8:42 pm to GorgeousGeorge

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Even if your defense is elite, a bad offense is going to turn the ball over and/or cause you to lose the field position game

And get worn out, demoralized, and have it get into their heads. 21-0. 1/9. All that needs to be said about what can happen to a team that holds the opponent to FG's but the offense can't get on the board. I'll take an incomplete pass to the endzone for a loss on the last play of the game like Ole Miss last year anytime rather than watch death by a thousand cuts on 1/9/12 ever again in my life.

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Posted by PUB

New Orleans

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Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:22 pm to ELTIGRE55

Defense wins championships.
And with our current defense, there will be no championship and playoffs also appear to be a fantasy this year.

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