Oregon was held to 14 points. Texas A&M was held to 17 and 19 points. Easy might have been the wrong way to explain it, but let me put it like this. If Alabama went out every week and practiced to handle these sort of offenses, they would decimate them. Alabama can't afford to do that though, they practice for the style of football they play and their opponents play regularly. They don't have the luxury of overlooking a LSU, or Virginia Tech simply because A&M is on their schedule. Their regular preparations prepare them for most games, their preparations for A&M are specific to A&M and that is the advantage that A&M derives.if it was truly that easy to stop...we wouldn't be having this discussion, and it woundlt be uwed as frequently as it is. IMO...
We can't erase what we witnessed though. Both A&M and Oregon's offense were brought to a grinding halt. If the opponent is prepared, their defense falters. The advantage is in creating an offense that the defense is not prepared for, and that advantage will diminish over time. My post and my point was not to disparage A&M and Oregon, but to say that Notre Dame and Alabama deserve more credit than they are getting. Sound fundamental football got those two teams in the championship game, and those two teams are the ones that belonged.
This is an interesting point considering Ole Miss has more familiarity with the type of offense that A&M runs. They give up 27.6 points on average, and the A&M score was 30-27. They made one of the top offenses look average because they were better prepared for it.Besides the two losses for A&M it kills me that media just totally disregard the Ole Miss game.
Having said that, I like Johnny, I wanted A&M in the SEC. More of my angst is felt towards Oregon because despite not winning anything I always seem them treated like something special. I don't blame either team for doing what they do, I just wish more people would understand what's actually going on.
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