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Originally Posted by GrizzlyBuck
MUbuck, I don't think anyone is saying that tOSU's defense is not good, nor that it very well may be better in '08, but looking at our defense without the S&G glasses show that the Illini ran the last 8-9 minutes off the clock on the defense and LSU put up 38, great defenses (which is what we hope to have next year do not do those things) Great defenses hold great offenses to field goals sometimes, great defenses get the ball back and give the offense one more chance, something this defense did not do in the two losses.
Read the entire thread (I apologize if you did) and you will see that nobody is saying that the D sucks, or is not good, some, myself included, are just trying to temper the enthusiasm with a slight reality check and some points of weakness that need improved.
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I understand that our defense needs improvements, but show me a defense last year that didn't need improvements. The purpose of my post wasn't to proclaim to all readers that the
OSU defense was a well-oiled machine that could not be stopped, because obviously that was not the case at times last year. My point, which I now realize should have been given a little more subtly, is that we still had a very good defense, arguably the best in the nation for the course of the year. We did have trouble at times (Illinois, 2nd quarter against LSU), but we were also dominant for much of the year. I know that those times we played poorly stick out like sore thumbs, but that's because they occurred during our two losses. Let's not get down on the phenomenal year we had defensively because we can think of a few times, albeit important ones, when we didn't play as well as expected. I think we have all the reason in the world to be excited about our defense next year.