What are you talking about? Both Alabama & LSU put up plenty of offense against their respective schedules. Against each other, different story. Both games were FG snoozes for the most part. But that's because they had outstanding defenses.
Let's not generalize from those two games though. It wasn't a return to the 1950's & 60's (defensive and more defense). Fact is they both had lots of offense. Taking it a step further, the reason LSU had such trouble in the NC game against the Tide was that the QB play sucked. They simple couldn't pass and became one dimensional. Once the Alabama FG's mounted and they had to play catch-up . . . they couldn't. They had no passing threat.
Oh and lastly . . . so you're thinking it was Alabama, LSU and then UConn in that order? The Big 3 of the Ground Attacks?
You specifically said "Maybe it has something to do with Cincy's commitment to the
passing game". I took that to infer that good qbs migrate to schools that have place an emphasis on passing the ball, something LSU and Alabama (and Nebraska) did not do.
Who is generalizing from those 2 games? I am looking at statistics for the 2011 season. In fact, UCONN, an admittedly poor passing team, had more passing yards than LSU.
And to your last statement, when did I say that? Alabama and LSU are vastly better programs than UCONN.
You constantly lament the fact that UCONN does not have an exciting offense. I just point out that you do not need an exciting offense to win in college. You do not need an explosive passing game to win in college. You can win with an offense dominated by the run. And that is what Alabama did last year. And LSU. And Nebraska.
UCONN needs to have a more efficient passing game. They need to execute the offense Coach Deleone implemented (and it is a very good offensive scheme, by the way. Emphasis on the running game and short and intermediate passes. Unfortunately, we didn't have a qb to run the offense last season). They do not need to run the run and shoot to win football games.
