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Anonymous
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Nope, the SEC defense is a myth
The popular conversation of late is to debate who would win if pitted against each other...the Big XII offenses or the SEC defenses. The SEC has long held to the premise that its defenses are the immovable object in college football. All we ever hear is that their defenses (nearly top to bottom) would shut down anyone else in the nation. This is, simply, a myth.
The SEC has two schools with good quarterback play. Those two are Georgia and Florida. Outside of those two schools, none of them have a quarterback who defensive coordinators have to gameplan for. Tennessee has Crompton, who is awful. Neither Lee nor Hatch can make a name for himself at LSU. Auburn = awful. Alabama? They're not one of the best running teams in the nation for no reason; they have to be, or else.
The staple game of this year's SEC slate, thus far, has been LSU at Florida, in which the score was a whopping 51-21. A conference that boasts of its defenses even includes pretenders like Vanderbilt, which couldnt fight itself out of a paper bag. Had they any offensive prowess at all, they would have beat Georgia last week, who was just slightly better than them on offense, even with a decent quarterback.
The only coaches that have been offensive minds in the SEC in recent years, Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer, have dominated. Those teams sure as heck didn't win with defense.
When forced to play against teams outside of their conference in bowl games last year, this is the number of points allowed by each team. Kentucky (28), Alabama (21), Auburn (20), Arkansas (38), Tennessee (7), Florida (41), LSU (24). Those aren't exactly awe-inspiring numbers.
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