College Offense has changed

This is old news. College offense has been changed for years now. The SEC was one of the last to transition. None of the other conferences have really made an adjustment on defense, outside of a handful of teams. The SEC, as a whole, has figured out how to handle the other conferences' offenses and it's mainly just out-athleting them. It will be harder for the SEC to figure out how to handle those offenses within the conference, with much better athletes to account for. The SEC is going to be unstoppable for most teams outside of the conference now.

Here's the question (because you are right):

Do defenses need to be "complimentary" to the offense OR do you try to "stop them"?

The reason this is a real question is because:

A) Complimentary = keep everything in front of you, don't give up plays in between the 25's, very aggressive inside the 25's.

B) Stop Them = risk taking to try and get them behind the chains, any spot on the field.

With (A), assuming your offense is very good, you are actually having some control of the game.

With (B) you might end up in a true shootout where you still have some, but less, control.

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The SEC was one of the last to transition.

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I think it’s more accurate to say that Alabama, LSU, and (maybe eventually) UGA were the last to transition. Which is crazy when you consider that Urban/Mullen won two national championships in three years at Florida.. over a decade ago.

UF's 2 NC's (2006 and 2008) were due at least in part to great defenses.

Offenses have definitely changed, but football is still won and lost in the trenches. Win that battle and 95% of the time you win the game.

Yeah, offenses have obviously changed. They aren't running the wing-t anymore.

That said, it doesn't mean you can't still play good defense. It's all about getting good players.

Case in point, look at last year's LSU and Auburn. LSU was stacked, offensively, at every position possible. It was arguably top-to-bottom the best offensive group you could assemble.

Auburn had a couple of great/elite tackles and some pretty good players everywhere else. LSU's box score was impressive and they put up some yards, but honestly, Auburn's defense made LSU look pretty pedestrian.

Defenses will adjust next year. Covid caught the entire country off on the defensive side. It's a lot easier to install these simpler offenses than it is to teach players on defense what to do against them.

I'm not advocating for Pelini, I want him gone, but there is nobody in the country playing good defense. It you think you are, you haven't played a half decent offense yet.

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one in the same

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One and the same.

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LSU is the correct answer here.

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No it isn’t. UGA and A&M still run “pro style” offenses today.

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Other wise we will end up with all games looking like Big 10 games.

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This may be the strangest support for an argument I have heard in a while for college football moving offensive styles. The Big Ten actually looks more conventional that all of the other power 5 conferences. Not sure why you think Iowa, Northwestern, Minnesota and Rutgers are so wide open that other conferences should avoid looking like them.