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Beck is good and so is McCarthy. Bennett was more in the above-average category but he got drafted. I don’t want to rehash the QB topic because we’ve been through that enough. This is more about the unique importance of DL.

Actually, it was just a response to a recent post from @sfcane2 who mentioned this old thread in the context of Michigan. https://www.canesinsight.com/threads/titles-are-won-with-qbs-oline-dline.128470/page-2#post-7064918 Not everything is a conspiracy.

This thread still holds true, IMO. Michigan and Georgia were special on the DL.

If you want to know why Miami is back, start with the defensive line.

Same story every year. Clemson lost a lot of talent on DL but replaced them with elite recruits like Lawrence, Wilkins and Ferrell. Carlos Watkins is an All-America and the team is third nationally in sacks. They dominated Ohio State up front. The strength of Alabama's team is their defensive...

If Joseph Jackson sticks, we will have seven high school All-Americans on DL. And that doesn't include Demetrius Jackson and RJ McIntosh, who are as gifted as any of them.

This is a 2012 thread but the song remains the same. FSU won with Tim Jernigan, Eddie Goldman and Mario Edwards. Ohio State won with Joey Bosa, Michael Bennett and Adolphus Washington. Now Bama's monster DL wins over Clemson's monster DL. Miami has the best DL coach in the country coaching...

Matt Mauck and Greg McElroy have won titles in the past decade. Would you call them special QBs?

Bumping this thread from May 2012 in light of the championship game last night. Defensive line play is still the most important factor in college football success. FSU and Auburn have war daddies up front.

The theory held up without a problem. First, we learned an elite front four can carry a flawed Notre Dame team all the way to the title game. As for Bama, they have a nose tackle who will go in the top two rounds (Williams), a sophomore pass rusher who could be a first round pick (Hubbard)...

Bump. It seems like this formula stayed true in 2012, with guys like Jesse Williams on Alabama and Stephen Tuitt/Louis Nix on Notre Dame.

Rusty Medearis had four sacks in the national title game. Kevin Patrick was an All-American caliber player. The team as a whole had 44 sacks, which is elite. You need stud defensive linemen to win a national championship. It's the one essential position.

1) The 2002 defensive line got lazy. 2) The Ohio State defensive line was the better unit in the Fiesta Bowl.

As Miami gets further and further away from its glory days, a question dawned on me: What is the common thread among national champions? In other words, what is keeping Miami from the top? One theory is that it's quarterback play. But AJ McCarron just won a title, and Matt Mauck and Greg...