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Message: [QUOTE="Archbold44, post: 5589604, member: 10528"] Also, opposing offenses could both be more patient (what's the rush, Syracuse is not scoring until we let our 2nd team run a prevent defense) and take more risks (even if we turn the ball over, Syracuse is not ever going to outscore us) because there was little concern of our offense scoring. You cannot put your defense in that type of situation. Clemson was rattled because we were putting points up on their defense. Klubnik was trying to make big plays, rather than the easy plays. Overthrowing open receivers, making poor reads. We put NO other team's offense in a position to even be nervous about having to score. Sure, several teams/offenses would have risen to the occasion and outscored our merely "competent" offense (20-25 points)... but a handful of other teams may have choked under pressure. Our historically bad offense did not help our defense. [/QUOTE]