I will try to shut up and stop our back and forth after trying a final time to clarify my stance .
I was addressing a specific poster's assertion that "Saban's D struggled mightily with CGM's O". I was not speaking of his O in general but specifically in his first 3 games against Bama where he averaged 265 YPG and 16 PPG. In making my case I referred to these as examples that would have reduced that yardage and points even further. I was not saying that his offense was dependent upon such plays, just that they had been the beneficiary of some VERY unusual and/or fortunate bounces against Bama, the kind you can't depend on.
And just just to be clear: Bama has struggled on D the last 2 years against AU and others; AU, as well as others can win the West as they have 3 times in the past 7 years. However, Bama has not lost more than 1 SEC game but once in the last 7 years and that was 5 years ago. A remarkable feat.
