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I disagree. Once the 2010 Offense hit it’s stride, they were hard to stop. Although the 1983 team had a strong running game, it could be stopped. Don’t think the 1983 team could out score the 2010 team

My original four of Oklahoma was a misprint. I was thinking of Oregon

With Smith, Harris, Moses and the tackle returning, They are going to be tough to beat. Jones has shown that he is more than capable of scoring points. Their defense will be improved due to playing lots of freshmen. Not sure who the QB will be for OU, that’s why I didn’t have them in. If the QB for Texas is returning, I see them winning that conference

this is a hard topic for me to come to a conclusion. The defense at times were lights out, and then there were times when a stop was needed and it couldn’t get it done. I thought the LSU game was a perfect example of how the season played out. It held the best offense in the country to its lowest point total, but gave up tons of yards. It showed a unique defense formation and went against its normal style and strategies.

Final Four in no particular order: Clemson Ohio State Alabama oklahoma

This is gold. I think it’s one of the biggest things that people overlook.

That seems logical since they are divisional games every year 🤓

To me the game that will decide whether it’s a 9-3 or a 7-5 season will be UNC. Until I see a reason to think AU can beat Bama or GA on road, chalk those up as an L. With CGM as coach, you can put at least another two games as loses and choose who it will be to

He hasn’t been bad nor has he been good. He has just been ok. And if ok is what you want, than he is your man. If not and you want more, he is not the man. It’s really just as simple as that.

Not sure why people have to participate in conversation if they consider the point moot. Why not just read it and move on? It’s clear some want to discuss it.

With the same teams that CGM has fielded and against the same competition, I have no doubt that Kirby would have won more games. I’m not saying he would have won all the games but the record would have been better than Gus. Now throw in his ability to hire better assistant coaches and recruit better, the teams would have been much better. Besides this year, name one team in west (other than Bama) that was better than Auburn? I can’t think of any and I don’t think Kirby would have lost any game from the East other than maybe once or twice to Georgia. That’s just my take on it.

Maybe not the 2013 season, but definitely better seasons after that one.

Dye really didn’t deal with Bear or Dooley. Not sure what year Dooley retired, but Dye only coached against Bear for two seasons. He also didn’t coach against Spurrier. He had the easiest of all the modern coaches, when you consider some of the current head coaches ( Saban, Meyer and Spurrier)

You forgot MSU

But LSU still put over 500 yards on him. If not for several 4th down stops, they would have had more points with just field goals.