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[QUOTE="chakka3421, post: 2026900, member: 1091"]
Given a high powered offense versus a high powered defense that we saw in the game last night, it reminded me to a lessor extend how we have bounced back and forth for the last 15 years since Coach P.  Grob=D, DM=O, SS=D and now DFB=O.

Obviously you need both to a certain extent to make the playoffs but throughout those years I remember hearing myself saying different things like under DM, "Ryan's got this (especially the Missouri game)" to SS years, "punt because the D can stop them".

Given the game last night against that Bama D (so few teams can field a D like that), my gut tells me you need a high powered O favored over a high powered D like Bama to be in the game and win (Clemson really should have won last year too).

I was never confident that Bama's O could score even though they did as it was more about "game management".  But everyone was confident that their D could stop Clemson.  However, when Clemson had the ball I was confident in their O to score.

So the long short of it, I prefer DFB's offense more as defensive minded teams (along with our previous D HCs) will cause them to get tired and we will have better chances to win than we have a D minded coach that runs a weak O.  Obviously our D needs to improve but they can only get better from here on out.

Anyway, that was an amazing game last night seeing the different styles in place on such a high level!  Nuff said - really looking forward to next season to start!  Until then, Go Cuse!
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