The D had some critical frickups, but most of us have been unfair in labeling them "bad." I did so myself earlier this year.

Fact is, we were 21ST in scoring D and 15TH in total D.

By comparison, Auburn was 48th in scoring D and 86TH in total D . Seemed to be enough for a conference title, so I'm not sure why we're scapegoating a defensive unit that was in the top quintile in the country.

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Posted by pellietigersaint

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Posted on 11/24/14 at 9:16 am to Navytiger74

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The D had some critical frickups, but most of us have been unfair in labeling them "bad." I did so myself earlier this year.

Fact is, we were 21ST in scoring D and 15TH in total D.

By comparison, Auburn was 86TH in total D and 48th in scoring D. Seemed to be enough for a conference title, so I'm not sure why we scapegoat a defensive unit that was in the top quintile in the country.

people do that because they dont know football as good as they think they do. They also compare everything to 2011......likely because they are not old enough to remember any year before that....good, bad, or otherwise

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Posted by TigerBait1127

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Posted on 11/24/14 at 9:21 am to Navytiger74

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Seemed to be enough for a conference title, so I'm not sure why we're scapegoating a defensive unit that was in the top quintile in the country.

They won the conference title due to luck and special teams.

They needed a Hail Mary to beat a completely depleted UGA team

They needed a 107 yard return to beat Alabama.

When we needed a stop on defense against UGA, we couldn't do it. We also dropped a punt.

When we needed a stop on 3rd and long vs. Ole Miss, we couldn't do it. They were in a near identical situation vs A&M and they got the stop

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