Defense wins Championships

[utisdabomb12]

Last 10 Years in College Football

2013 Florida State Seminoles

PA/G: 12.1 (1st of 125)

2012 Alabama Crimson Tide

PA/G: 10.9 (1st of 125)

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide

PA/G: 8.2 (1st of 120)

2010 Auburn Tigers

PA/G: 24.1 (53rd of 120)

2009 Alabama Crimson Tide

PA/G: 11.7 (2nd of 120)

2008 Florida Gators

PA/G: 12.9 (4th of 120)

2007 LSU Tigers

PA/G: 19.9 (17th of 120)

2006 Florida Gators

PA/G: 13.5 (6th of 119)

2005 Texas Longhorns

PA/G: 16.4 (8th of 119)

2004 USC Trojans

PA/G: 13.0 (3rd of 120)

8 out of 10 years defenses finished in the top ten in PA/G. LSU and Auburn are really outliers too, because if I recall both of those teams created a lot of points off turnovers.

 

[JimR]

shocking!

 

[SFlonghorngirl]

shocking!

+1 Go Defense!

 

[streettopeschel]

Confirmed. Level 1.

Signed, Peyton Manning

 

[drgilbert]

How many of the head coaches of the winning teams were more defensive minded like Strong?

 

[GetHooked]

Does defense also win championships in the NFL?

 

[Topstarr]

defense does win championships in the NFL!

 

[texasdobbs]

Did someone say defense. ... Music to my ears...

 

[MikeV73]

Auburn snuck in with a low rated D, but obviously was good enough to slow down Oregon in the BCS title game. Chizik hit is zenith, and then came crashing down to...not sure what he is up to today, but guarantee he is still getting hefty checks from Auburn!

 

[GetHooked]

defense does win championships in the NFL!

You're starting to sound like Vince Lombardi. What does he know about football?

 

[Agmaniacmike]

Agree on the NCAA. Debatable at the NFL level, although Seattle and Pittsburgh make that a much tougher argument.

 

[streettopeschel]

Agree on the NCAA. Debatable at the NFL level, although Seattle and Pittsburgh make that a much tougher argument.

Throw in the NYG shutting down the undefeated Pats, or the Pats shutting down the Greatest Show on Turf. I think a pretty solid arguement could be made it works on the NFL level too.