Dude. We quoted you. Since maybe you forgot what you said earlier, let me repost what you said....Perhaps the OU defense in the Orange Bowl will not only be on par with LSU but will conjure memories of the defensive prowess of the 1986 Chicago Bears.
HAHA...I love the way you pretend you're just trying to accurately represent what I said in good faith! Funny stuff.
Here is the sentence you chopped. It was the lead in sentence that came directly before the one you quoted:
"I doubt we'll magically morph into the best defense Alabama has seen."
I understand that my prior post could be confusing. I can't understand how anyone thinks I believe we're going to morph into defensive world-beaters.
Top-10, top-20, etc. is pretty arbitrary. But it is not uncommon for fans like me to group teams according to top-10 (elite), top-20 (good), and outside top-60 (bad).
The FEI defensive rankings are the gold standard as far as I'm concerned. They ultimately tie all teams together not just on games and scores, but actually by drives and individual plays (while excluding garbage time.)
Here are the defensive FEI rankings of Alabama and opponents:
Group 1: Elite (top-10)
1 - Alabana
2 - Miss State
3 - Clemson
9 - Georgia
Group 2: Good to Above Average (top-20 to top-60)
12 - LSU
17 - Mizzou
20 - Auburn
58 - Texas A&M
Group 3: Below Average to Bad (Not in top 60)
61 - Arkansas St
65 - Tennessee
85 - Arkansas
98 - Oklahoma
106 - Ole Miss
128 - Louisville
I pointed out that Oklahoma has played in Group 3 all year ("on par with an Ole Miss or Louisville")
I rejected the idea that they were capable of playing a game like a Group 1 defense ("I doubt we'll magically morph...")
I suggested they are capable of playing somewhere the good to above average range ("on par with an LSU or A&M")
The "good to above average" range (top-20 to top-60) is represented by the range from LSU-A&M within the context of Alabama's schedule this year. I assumed everybody here knows there's a big range between LSU and A&M defense, and that juxtaposing those teams would make it clear I'm talking about bracket.
I'm not saying "OU's defense might become as good as LSU's defense in 3 weeks." I'm saying "Best case scenario, OU's A-game after bowl prep in a single game could be top-20 good". That is "on par" with LSU's C-game (average) during the regular season. If I was setting a range on LSU's bowl potential, the high water mark would be way above their average regular season performance as captured in the FEI rankings.