re: Does our defense get worse as the year(s) goes on

This could be contributed to our defenses back being against the wall all year due to our lack of offense. You can only rely on your D so many times before it just physically can't hold up. It's like the Florida game. When your offense is so bad you giving up a single TD loses the game, there isn't much you can do. That takes a toll throughout the course of the year. We need our best defense to start being our offense. Not vice versa.