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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 752203" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>I blame the PAC-12. Out there, they simply quit playing D everywhere but Stanford. It was as if a Loyola-Marymount (remember them?) mentality had leaked over to the football programs. And this has spread; coaches don't seem to think they can stop modern offenses, so they try to out score the other side instead. </p><p></p><p>Well, perhaps they are right. Some of this comes from rule changes. Modern blocking rules - put in to make sure that college football could compete with the pros for tv money - allow flagrant holding. Modern coverage rules - put in to make sure that college football could compete with the pros for tv money - have abandoned offensive interference altogether (why do you think every team wants a lot of really big WRs?). Then there are all the protections - put in to make sure that college football could compete with the pros for tv money - for QBs. The rest is due to the widespread adoption of option offenses; they really are harder to defense. Still, as Stanford shows, a team that holds onto the ball and plays good stout D has a good chance to win, even with the new environment. </p><p></p><p>Iow, there's a niche out there, but only a few teams seem to want to occupy it. I mean, really, everybody knows defense is <em>boring</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 752203, member: 265"] I blame the PAC-12. Out there, they simply quit playing D everywhere but Stanford. It was as if a Loyola-Marymount (remember them?) mentality had leaked over to the football programs. And this has spread; coaches don't seem to think they can stop modern offenses, so they try to out score the other side instead. Well, perhaps they are right. Some of this comes from rule changes. Modern blocking rules - put in to make sure that college football could compete with the pros for tv money - allow flagrant holding. Modern coverage rules - put in to make sure that college football could compete with the pros for tv money - have abandoned offensive interference altogether (why do you think every team wants a lot of really big WRs?). Then there are all the protections - put in to make sure that college football could compete with the pros for tv money - for QBs. The rest is due to the widespread adoption of option offenses; they really are harder to defense. Still, as Stanford shows, a team that holds onto the ball and plays good stout D has a good chance to win, even with the new environment. Iow, there's a niche out there, but only a few teams seem to want to occupy it. I mean, really, everybody knows defense is [I]boring[/I]. [/QUOTE]
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