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Message: [QUOTE="YKCornelius, post: 5303300, member: 9864"] DefenseBB, if you stated "Elite Offenses will help immensely towards getting your team to the NC game" or some other seemingly obvious thesis, I probably would have responded to your lengthy analysis with a simple "Like" and moved on. However, by arriving at a conclusion that flies in the face of the adage that "Defense wins championships", your position seemed counterintuitive to the actual results of the NC games of the past 26 years. So, between sips of my morning coffee, I decided to invest a few minutes to present the facts that refute your conclusion. First, here's the data from the [U]offense perspectiv[/U]e looking at the winners: [LIST] [*]17 of the 25 winners didn't crack 80 points. In fact, over a third (nine) didn't even get to 70 points, and three teams won scoring in the 50s. [*]Of these 25 "Top 15 Offenses", only four scored [I][U]above[/U][/I] 82 points. [/LIST] Now from the [U]defense perspective[/U] looking at the losers: [LIST] [*]19 of the 25 losing teams weren't able to score 70 points with their Top 15 Offenses. [B][I]Over half[/I][/B] (thirteen) of these Elite Offenses couldn't score 60 points, and four couldn't even reach 50. [/LIST] Evaluating all of the NC participants, [B][I]over half[/I][/B] (28 of the 50) Elite Offenses in the championship games [B][I]didn't crack 70 points[/I][/B]. These facts show that, generally speaking, [B][I]defense does indeed win championships[/I][/B]. Specifically speaking, it doesn't matter if your team has a Top 15 Offense (however that is defined) - you just have to score one more point than your opponent. I hope these facts provide you with some added pride towards your Boneyard name. Good luck with your parental love issues. [/QUOTE]

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