(10-01-2013 11:54 AM)adcorbett Wrote:  

(09-30-2013 05:35 PM)Dr. Isaly von Yinzer Wrote:  I want to see a well played game, the score is almost immaterial. If it's a good 44-41 game, I'll take that. However, I will also take a well played 9-6 game. That said, everyone here understands that not all shootouts - or slugfests - are created equal.

This is true. It is hard to explain but when you watch you can tell the difference between good offense and bad defense. Likewise you can tell the difference between good defense and bad offense.

Now all that said, I am not sure this game was an example of good offense. It looked like a lot fo bad defense. It baffled me how LSU could have this monster pass rush every other play, then pull back and have a three man line as though the D. coordinator had scripted out the plays and was not actually paying attention to what was working and what did not. Georgia's defense just didn't play well at all.

The only bone of contention I have with a game like this is when these teams play a game like this, it is called great offense (it really wasn't). When Louisville and West Virginia played this game on the big national TV stage on a Thursday night, when both were playing different styles of great offense, and it was called "bad football with no defense." Mind you those two teams combined to put about 20-25 offensive players and a coach in the NFL - not total players but just OFFENSIVE players - but it was called bad defense.

The double standard kills me.

I hear you, corbett. I thought that was funny too. West Virginia and Louisville played a high scoring game and all of the pundits decried it as proof that those two teams' D's each stunk.

Then, a few weeks later, Ohio State and Michigan played an almost identical game and those same pundits used that as proof that those teams were each superior offensively.

That was a pretty hilarious tap dance to behold and of course it was a complete joke!

Then again, until the sport is decided on the field via a full scale 8-team or 16-team playoff, public opinion polling will still be the primary arbiter in most of these situations and that in and of itself renders the whole system illegitimate on many levels.

(10-01-2013 10:09 AM)Underdog Wrote:  

(10-01-2013 10:00 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(09-30-2013 11:20 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  

(09-30-2013 04:19 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  I prefer 20-14 type games... Both extremes aren't entertaining to me. I'm fascinated on how people just love to watch piss poor defensive games and call it football.

I like to see nice scores on the offense and defense... great defensive play can lead to some extra scoring. A few INT's that put you around the 20 and in position to score? OR maybe some pick 6's, some forced fumbles...interesting stuff!

I thoroughly enjoyed WVU's 30-21 win over OSU, even with all the mistakes on offense and defense. IMO you guys are arguing over nothing. If it's a close game, the fans will love it, whether it's 3-2 or 70-63...

I'm more impressed with WV’s D this year than the Offense last year. In fact, many college football commentators have taken notice of WV’s D.

Vegas has yet to notice it. But I figure they will, after they take another beating on the spread of WVU's game against Baylor...

I just hope the talking heads on ESPiN get to be made to look ridiculous again, like last week...