If your defense is good enough you'll win. It's like that old saying...if the other team doesn't score, you can't lose. :wink:
Can you have an "unconventional" offense with a top notch defense? Sure, it's possible. But past history indicates that it's not probable. Of the four teams that run a hurry up and have played in the BCSNCG, Oklahoma in 2008, Texas in 2009, and Oregon and Auburn in 2010, only one,Texas had a defense in the top 30, and we saw what happened to them. Even the Aubs, who won in 2010 were not in the top 50 nationally and were 8th or 9th in the SEC. Look at Okie St., West Virginia, and yes Texas A&M. Since they started running this type O have any of these teams had a top 30 Defense? Has A&M even had a top 50 defense since they went to this O? How many seasons have these aforementioned teams run these hurry up offenses? About 25? And how many have had defenses ranked in even the top 30? Once or twice? There seems to be some correlation there. Is it possible? Yes. Is it probable? No, but maybe Sumlin can buck the trend.