I hear you man. McCollum is a very good college receiver. But, we only know that because he got snaps. If he were sitting in the bench at Bama we wouldn’t know he was solid. My entire point is there are a lot of talented players but only a very few ever get consistent snaps. Whoever we have at the slot will put up numbers like McCollum and McGowan did. Neither was a Calvin type who could do the extraordinary. They did what was expected which for us makes them our best player. Hopefully we get back where we expect all our players to make the expected plays. I can still remember GT teams that had 4 WR’s and TE’s who could run routes and catch.
And I use to agree that defense mattered, but it really doesn’t. Offenses tend to stop themselves these days more than the defense stops them. It’s all about out scoring your opponent.
In general you are correct.
But its not a like a indisputable certainty of all ootcome.
Yes a much better offense is better than a much better defense.
For years at gt we generally have sucked defense. We used the bend defense to milk the clock wjile the offense held the ballbin hopes of winning at end. Others have built strong offenses- ACC passing attacks 2021 destroyed our defenses while our offense was simultaneously terrible.
In the real world gt needs to spend $ where we get the most bang for buck. So far economy hire for head coach, improved oc , qb wr coaches have us on track to be better in 23.
