The talent gap the previous three seasons between us and Bama was effectively zero. 2013 might have been close. It was hard to tell if the defensive talent was lacking or just suffering from the scheme and philosophy changing week to week. The improvement after Ash replaced Withers was pretty dramatic, so I don't think it's too unreasonable to say that we were a hair away from laying waste to the college football world.
Now coaching, absolutely. The 2013 defense was a mess schematically. The offensive output in 2015 was inexcusable for the amount of NFL talent in the depth chart. The 2016 defense played out of their minds against Clemson when the offense couldn't even give them a breather.
Now coaching, absolutely. The 2013 defense was a mess schematically. The offensive output in 2015 was inexcusable for the amount of NFL talent in the depth chart. The 2016 defense played out of their minds against Clemson when the offense couldn't even give them a breather.
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