Not only looking at yesterday's scores, but week in and week out, we've (SEC) been putting up big numbers on the scoreboards. http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreb...easonYear=2007
Points off turnovers can skew the numbers. We didn't give up many yards but special teams and offense can give up points as well.
Has that only been a factor as of recently? I'm not only talking about the LSU/Bama game- which they did say was THE most points score in the contest....ever, all over the SEC is seems like we are seeing more high-powered offenses.
I think thats been a trend for some time now, working towards high powered offenses. Think Florida may have started it during the SS era. But thats just a guess. :tigereye::tigereye::tigereye::tigereye::tigereye:
that trend has been gone for a while imo. began to change with spurrier and fulmer hires, continued with saban, richt, miles, meyer. lsu has been scoring tons since davey-to-reed spread O (or variations thereof) run by UK, UF and LSU. cyclical. LSU, bama, UT, UK should have good Os now. Arky has mcfadden and jones (possibly a once-in-a-lifetime combo) and UF has tebow (again, possibly a once-in-a-lifetime player)
You're exactly right and I don't believe it's just in the SEC but all of football, college and pro. hell probably HS and Pop Warner for that matter. I can't back it up with stats but it sure seems that way to me too.
It's just the natural evolution of the game. Here's an analogy that I like to use to put it in perspective: It's easier to design ways to beat something than it is to design something unbeatable. Offense will always have the advantage just because of its inherent advantage. Just the "nature of the game."
in about 5 or 6 years someone will come up with a way to make the spread O ineffective, hell one day we all may be running the wishbone again.
It's been a very, very interesting season, for everyone. A lot of things I've seen this year I wouldn't have expected and that one is on the list. I love this game. :tigereye:
I think it a major factor. Fast defenses=a lot of turnovers, which leads to a lot of easy points. The SEC does feature a lot of high powered offenses right now but I still think it should be considered a "smash mouth" conference, because let's face it, even the plodding, midwestern Big Ten teams run passing-heavy attacks these days. The SEC is still considered a "smash mouth" conference as opposed to say the WAC, Conference USA or even the Pac 10 which feature an even more wide open, high scoring style of football. While you see a lot of spread in the SEC there is still a great deal of the traditional 'line up in I-form and hit their ass' mentality.
