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Message: [QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 1921060, member: 622"] If the defense can hold its own, like I believe it will, then the offense will be around a very long time. Look back at Spurrier's Gators (and many on here know I am no Spurrier fan), his offense was balls to the wall for its day. He generally had a decent defense to go with it and won when he had a very good defense. The basics of the offense have been around a long time. Look at Jimmy Johnson's Hurricanes teams: Similar mentality. Bobby Bowden's Seminoles in the 90's. VATech when a Vick played QB. My point is that teams that have great offenses will score. Period. This offense is a great offense. Then, match a great offense with a solid to great defense and you have a contender. This is not too far from the Alabama, LSU, Pasqualoni-Syracuse models where great Defense was matched with solid to great offense. Look back over the years and the real contenders and the champions generally had good to great rated offense and defense with solid ST play. What Babers is doing is simply taking a proven offense (remember, he really likes rushing the ball, too) and running a defense to ground. We saw the plan in action on Saturday. Execution was the best it has been all season and balance was fairly good. We can quibble over specifics (I like the RBs to have more rushing yards than my QB) and stress different facets of the game, but each game will have its own character that must be accommodated for to win. I believe the balance between the offense and Defense must compliment each other with neither more important that the other. Beamer stressed D, especially with Bud Foster as DC, but never reached full potential with offense. Contrast Saban, solid defensive play but always a decent offense to match it. Spurrier was pro-offense and only when he had a good defense was he able to compete for a championship. Urban Meyer teams usually have very good balance. Too many of the Big 12 teams have very good offenses but seem to forget half teh game is played on defense as well. All that said to say that this type of offense will be here for a while. The power run offense will not go away. At the CFB level, the option offense will not go away. They all work and are proven over time. HYPE: Babers has observed this and he wants a balance. He has proven that this system works at lesser schools and now is applying the techniques to the top level. The kids believe in the system. He just upset #17. He has balance, he has plainly stated that he expects the defense to make stops and let the offense win the game. He expects the ground game to rack up yards. He expects the passing game to rack up yards. We are not "there" yet but we are on our way. We are not balanced yet as the O-line and RBs have not controlled the ground game. We have not solidified our defensive backfield. Each week we see improvements here and there. [/QUOTE]

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