"What did ya think about that 3-4 defense?"
Cracked me up.
So I guess the heisman is down to the A&M guy and that QB from OU who punked bama. Because one game.
Read and react defenses like UA and SC which come from programs that rely on a more conventional dropback/downhill attack are ill prepared to handle offenses like AU, Tamu, etc.
When all you have is fast -- like Oregon -- teams like bama and Stanford can lean on them and wear that out. When leaning doesn't work they have to try to keep up. Barring a shitaculaf defense (tamu 2013) or a garbage QB and enormous talent gap (OM) they can't.
Credit Tuberville for trying to go this route in 2008. Too bad he chose franklin and not malzahn.
What happened to Baylor last year is they ran into a team that had the same high octane that could match them in Okl State. And like TAMU, they had a crappy D. I still hold to the belief that TAMU was the best team at the end of 2012. Losing 2 out of the gate hurt them. I have nothing against TAMU and I like Sumlin. He's another thorn in the side of Sabbens and the turds. He's also a new approach coach. Look around - the old style philosophies are losing out at a rapid pace. The new head guy at Vandy that came from Stanford laid an absolute egg last night. Richt? Blah. Spurrier? Good but losing ground now. Saban, Billemia? Losing ground. Muschamp? See last year. Mullens has tried to be old school even he has a back ground in being innovative getting players in space.
Gus, Sumlin, Jones, Pinkel all run up tempo/spread stuff. As does Freeze (except he isnt half the total coach that the others are). Pinkel makes up for talent with great coaching. The first will have the talent just because of where they are at. If Art Briles could get a decent D at Baylor, they could be nasty.