[washingtonismoney]

Well, we do have four wins in which we’ve held our opponent to fewer than 14 points, while we have two losses where our opponent has scored 38 and 40 points.  The ASU and USC wins were both despite the fact that the offense scored 20 and 17 points respectively, so those were defensive led wins.  The Oregon game was won despite te defense giving up 31, but it scored 7 itself (so net 24).

My main point is that we won twice when our defense overcame a poor offensive performance and maybe one time where our offense overcame a shaky defensive performances (though that’s debatable in the Oregon game).  Our two losses have involved both offensive and defensive breakdowns.

Well, it's an open question (to me at least) whether the defense "overcame" a poor offensive performance in the SC and ASU games, or whether poor coaching (SC) and turnovers (SC, ASU) did it for them.

[washingtonismoney]

Well, we do have four wins in which we’ve held our opponent to fewer than 14 points, while we have two losses where our opponent has scored 38 and 40 points.  The ASU and USC wins were both despite the fact that the offense scored 20 and 17 points respectively, so those were defensive led wins.  The Oregon game was won despite te defense giving up 31, but it scored 7 itself (so net 24).

My main point is that we won twice when our defense overcame a poor offensive performance and maybe one time where our offense overcame a shaky defensive performances (though that’s debatable in the Oregon game).  Our two losses have involved both offensive and defensive breakdowns.

Well, it's an open question (to me at least) whether the defense "overcame" a poor offensive performance in the SC and ASU games, or whether poor coaching (SC) and turnovers (SC, ASU) did it for them.