why is it so hard to admit that UT's offense is pretty good?
Bama allowed Texas 19 points... they allowed vandy 3, arky 26, and aTm 20.... and then UT 52...
tennessee is ahead of tosu in total O by a slim margin, yet we're to believe how great tosu is because of their O? who have they played? meanwhile, UT has played and beat 4 ranked teams (at the time)- and one of them ranked #3 with a top ten ) and a top 20 D...
meanwhile, top tier teams that have played UT, when UT is removed from that calculation, have a solid D.
georgis's marque win thus far? Oregon? who beat BYU by 21 (41-20) and the same BYU that lost to Arky at home 52-35?
yeah, i get it- proxy scores don't work, but it's what we have all the same...
the only teams in the top ten right now coaches poll that we know anything about for certain is Bama and Tennessee... MAYBE Clemson... every other one is popularity and talking head driven... that isn't to say they're wrong, because tOSU is a good team, as is UGA and Clemson... TCU may be and likely are.. but the one we can say for certain is? Tennessee.... yeah, i'm as surprised as anyone saying that, but it's so. should they be #1? i seriously doubt it, but they deserve the conversation and more so than tOSU who everyone just assumes is good and UGA who we're basing off of last year...
bama has had a far more difficult run so far this season than tosu, and they'd handle tosu this season... and they lost to a UT that somehow beat them, but also beat the other ranked teams on their schedule including two big rivals...
UGA hasn't beat anyone of note yet... neither has tOSU... neither has UM... but we know they're good... and nobody is really arguing where they're ranked and why... except some freakin' georgia fan wants to argue that tOSU is great because they have the second best O in the land (while not playing anyone with a pulse and who's opponents don't know where the end zone is) and something is wrong with Bama for allowing a team to hang 52 on them, when they've allowed 20 points twice and 26 points once this season and against against stout competition- the other three being shutouts or single scores.
the takeaway: UT has a pretty good freakin O... that is the story, not "there is something wrong with bama"... else, there is something wrong with every team tOSU or UGA has played... wonder why that line of reason wasn't used here? because UT orange burns the shit out of some folks eyes, that's why.