Originally Posted by
Bennett
I know most of America crushed this game. The NFL is a passing league, and then you have other college teams putting up alot of passing numbers.
The bottom line is this; the SEC has more future NFL players than other conferences; as a whole. If Stanford or OK St would have played Bama Sat; they score 13 points at best.. LSU gave up 96 yards rushing... How much do you think OK St gives up if they are playing instead of LSU's defense?
At the end of the day, LSU still had 148 yards rushing vs Bama. They had the playmakers to get it done at crunch time. My point is; college teams don't have to have a QB like Luck putting up huge numbers to win a title. You can have a stellar Def, run the ball, and have a QB throw 17 times and win.. it is what it is. People don't like that this day and age, but it's fact.
The issue for Stanford, OK St, or Boise is; they just don't have the athletes to beat LSU or Bama. When one of them play what should be LSU; they will score 14 points max on their Def. Then LSU would rush for over 275 yards, throw for 125 yards, and score 35 on Stanford, OK St, or Boise Defense... and SEC wins another title because soft teams show up to play them.
If you think that either of those three teams Def and Off front lines can handle the front lines of LSU or Bama; then you just don't know football. You can have the second coming of Manning all you want; but he can't throw from his back, and he can't throw when the Def line is pushing his Offensive line back into his lap.
The fact is; Stanford, OK St, Boise, etc. have 2 maybe 3 NFL prospects; LSU/Bama has 7-9; which is why the SEC always ends up winning these games...and most aren't close. So America will just have to live with a title winner being an old school, running, Defensive team; that throws 20 passes or less.