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Nick Saban on why spread/offense-heavy football has won by mocopdx

I brought this up a few months back, and I don't think I convinced anyone. Maybe the greatest college football coach of all time will win some over. This idea that we can win titles playing a rush-heavy, ball control, slow/methodical offense coupled with a stout defense, it's not realistic at this point. Maybe this style of play will return. Maybe they'll adjust the rules, maybe defenses will catch up, etc., but at this current point in time it is damn near impossible to win a championship in CFB without adapting to the styles of the modern game.

I also reject the notion that pivoting to an offense like Alabama has run the last five years goes against our natural recruiting base. With a staff who isn't all that good at recruiting, we've managed to bring in the type of skill talent that would be excellent for a high powered attack like 2019 LSU or 2020 Alabama. A borderline 5* QB, the best TE in his class, the #1 all purpose RB, 3+ highly ranked WRs, and the usual high level OL commits. Is that type of talent tailormade for a Stanford 2012 offense? Sure, of course, but it's also set up perfectly for the sort of game Kiffin/Sarkisian have run with Saban. If we had a staff that could actually develop this talent, and call a creative game plan, there would be nothing stopping it from being a top 5 offense that scores 35+ against top defenses.