Defense? You talkin’ ’bout “defense“?
In the high-flying, stat-line-filling Big 12, why would we bother with such things? Saturday night we saw the Sooners and the Red Raiders square off in a prime-time example of drive-stopping futility, which further put the conference in its place as far as national minds are concerned.
But we (around here) know all the qualifiers: Playing these types of offenses would stretch any defense thin. If Auburn had to play Texas Tech, Oklahoma State and Baylor, they wouldn’t be third nationally in scoring defense.