anachronistic saying that great offenses now beat great defenses and that it requires an explosive offense to win a NC now:
"It's just like last week. Georgia has as good a defense as we do an offense, and we scored 41 points on them [in a 41-24 Alabama win]. That's not the way it used to be. It used to be if you had a good defense, other people weren't going to score. You were always going to be in the game. I'm telling you. It ain't that way anymore.
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"I don't like it. But we just have to make sure we have an offense that's that way and that explosive, which we have."
ND doesn't.
Link: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2914856-alabamas-nick-saban-good-defense-doesnt-beat-good-offense-anymore