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it's all good...i always post on bol about the 2000-02 canes teams...just plane sick talent.

I only see ONE NFL caliber QB in the SEC and he plays at GA which has no Oline and no running game. No idea what Miami does but The QB play that Bama went against was subpar. I think they were a great defense but helped greatly by the ineptitude of the offenses they played.

They played 1 offense in the top 50 total offenses all year.

Sorry, but if the mediots had any sense... they would point out that Tyler Wilson was the only good QB and Ark was the only offense they played.

No it wasn't.

Best Championship Preformance... yes.

You played ONE TEAM WHO WAS IN THE TOP 50 IN TOTAL OFFENSE ALL YEAR.

You're pretty stupid imo comparing Miami's defense to the 11 Bama defense. Bama was statistically better and will have more drafted in the NFL.

Do you realize that Bama's 08 recruiting class will have 6-7 NFL first round draft picks?

All these comments about stopping bad offenses, dont all offenses look badf when there getting crushed by a top defense??

I thought this thread was going to have more input from other fans considering what NoVaNoles mentioned in the original post...but it seems like it turned into an '01 Canes vs. '11 Tide thread.

When I think of best defense of all time, I think of '74 and '85 Oklahoma, '71 Nebraska, '92 Bama, and '01 Canes among others.

'11 Bama played great defense, especially last night, and Saban is a master at scheming his defenses, especially when he has time (a month) to prepare. However, over the course of the season, Bama played some pretty poor offenses. Total offense rankings of Bama's FBS opponents this season: 86, 105, 28, 98, 88, 114, 107, 57, 72, 91 and 57. I know some of those offenses were down because they had to play Bama, LSU, etc., but the SEC as a whole was down this year on offense, except for Arkansas and Bama.

Ranking #1 in several defensive categories this season is amazing but, as someone else mentioned, I'm not even sure '11 Tide was the best Bama defense ever considering what the '92 Bama defense did.

I searched for a list of the best CFB defenses of all time and found one (that wasn't on bleacherreport.com), which lists some of the ones I mentioned above, as well as the '61 Bama defense as #1 of all time. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/20470078/

I don't think it's the best, but it seems like most people rate college defenses based on what the players go on to do in the NFL. Miami was loaded with NFL players on that 2001 defense. If they had all gone on to the NFL and been busts, would people still say they are the best?

What our D accomplished this year is unheard of in today's game, considering how much the game has changed even over the last ~10-20 years. #1 in all major categories, allowed 9 td's on the season, shut out a team that averaged over 40 PPG (outside of the games against Bama) against a STRONG schedule in the NCG, and allowed only 8.2 PPG, which is the lowest in quite awhile, I believe.

I don't care if we played the worst O in the country every week, the numbers speak volumes. I'm not going to say it was the best D of all time, but I can say with confidence it is top 5. It might not have as much talent as Miami '01 but it had superior scheme/coaching.