In football (and any sport, really), the idea that a balanced offense and a consistent defense leads to wins is basically the ultimate dogma of every micromanaging control freak head coach that ever lived. And for the most part, it’s true; if you can pass and run the ball with equal success and also be average-to-good on defense, you’re going to win a lot of games. Which is, you know, fine. I guess. I don’t watch college football for predictable consistency. If I wanted that, I’d watch the ol’ National “Regression to the Norm” Football League more often than “I’m feeling masochistic and the Bengals are on CBS in a late afternoon game.” I watch college football precisely because of its unpredictability and rejection of any attempt to normalize it beyond getting the ball in in the end zone for points. And the truth of the matter is that you can…
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