This is why I maintain that the 2004 team could have one the natty that year if given the chance, even over usc.
they weren’t exactly bursting with nfl talent. There was for sure some real dudes but they weren’t everywhere. At least less so than 2008.
But they were in the cutting edge of offensive football with a really good Whitt run defense. Everybody was still running the I formation.
nobody had figured out how to stop it yet…