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Message: [QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 1418037, member: 297"] This is where I feel like our programs struggles have brainwashed our fan base over the years: There is no such thing as an offense unworthy of trust. That is not a thing. Does not exist. This is BS fans tell themselves to make excuses. There is no mix for white knuckling. There is no such thing as leaning on your defense, because the best but most unlikely thing your defense can do is score points - the very thing offense is inherently designed to do. We have to stop with inventing these conditions for when we can prioritize offense. It has to prove itself. When it shows it can score regularly. When we have a QB. When the talent is better. We trust our defense more to " make something happen." Uh, no. It's hilarious that everybody else in college football understands this. On our board though, voicing these concerns and doubts about how our staff prioritizes game day decisions is hubris. We have zilch for proven Dline depth. We have a really inexperienced set of linebackers. There are questions in the secondary. Meanwhile, we have a senior QB. We don't return a ton at running back, but we do have two guys that have seen the field. We return experienced WRs and TEs. We have a lot of OL starters back. Given those two scenarios, it would seem as though the offense has the edge. Does anybody actually believe that our coaches are going in to games thinking "well, we're really going to have to light up the scoreboard to give our team its best chance today." Based on two years of decisions made by the staff, how likely is that the thought process? That's why when we lose a rotation DL and Scooch says we better plan on some shootouts there's a very tragic comedy to the whole thing. To close - they are welcome to prove me wrong. Nobody will be happier. But I'm done celebrating the defense playing well at the expense of our offense. [/QUOTE]

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