Thursday's meeting between the San Diego State Aztecs and Cincinnati Bearcats in the Hawai'i Bowl figures to personify what a war of strengths should look like.
Tommy Tuberville's Bearcats feature one of the nation's most prolific passing attacks, though five losses ensured struggles in the American Athletic Conference and a lack of publicity on a national scale.
For Rocky Long's Aztecs, Thursday is yet another chance to show off one of the nation's top defenses, not to mention a chance to add to what is already an impressive nine-game streak.
As they say, something has to give.