I saw an article in the Tupelo Daily Journal, and thought I would summarize it for this post.

Does the SEC's horrible offensive play make their Defense seem tough!? (ESPN's philosophy!?!  Makes you think, doesn't it?)

I have watched a ton of SEC football (I'm stuck here in SEC land) and its obvious to me that their offenses are not as stellar as they used to be this year.  TECH ALL THE WAY!!  GET YOUR GUNS UP!

Total Offense

Texas Tech 2nd
Missouri 3rd
Oklahoma 5th
Oklahoma St. 6th
Texas 12th
Kansas 14th
** LSU 28th
** Georgia 30th
Kansas St. 36th
Nebraska 40th
Baylor 42nd
** Florida 47th
** Mississippi 52nd
** Alabama 57th
** South Carolina 72nd
** Arkansas 73rd
Iowa St. 74th
---- Ohio St. 81st = haha
** Kentucky 82nd
Colorado 89th
Texas aTm 95th
** Tennessee 97th
** Mississippi St. 103rd
** Auburn 104th
** Vanderbilt 114th

http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/natlRank.jsp?year=2008  NCAA Website Link

http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=280292&pub=1&div=Sports Tupelo Daily Journal Article  ----

And a Quote from Mike Leach at the bottom of the article....

Since great offensive play draws more attention than great defensive play, the chasm between Big 12 and SEC offenses has tilted the balance of opinion in regards to which conference is stronger.

The best way to answer that question, short of a playoff, is to have the respective conference champions meet in the BCS national championship game, along with any other bowl matchups.

And you know what they say: Defense wins championships.

The Big 12 coaches are certainly mindful of that truism.

"I think the offenses maybe have a lot of attention right now, but I think there's definitely some good defenses in this league," Texas Tech coach Mike Leach said. "I think it's going to be very hard to come out on top without a real good defense."

BY BRAD LOCKE
Daily Journal