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Best Griz Defense Ever!
- Thread starter Dillon
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The 2001 team won the National Championship largely on their defense.
The 2021 team has a really good defense, good enough to win the Natty? We will see!
Go Griz!
The 2021 team has a really good defense, good enough to win the Natty? We will see!
Go Griz!
Grizzlies1982
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Difficult choices. Really love this 2021 squad.
However I had to choose 1995. They were very solid but that’s all, until the playoffs. They were spectacular in all those games and shown in a hostile Marshall stadium that nobody could push us around. They really rose to the occasion at playoff time!
If I had 3 votes I’d vote for all three. With just one I pick 1995
However I had to choose 1995. They were very solid but that’s all, until the playoffs. They were spectacular in all those games and shown in a hostile Marshall stadium that nobody could push us around. They really rose to the occasion at playoff time!
If I had 3 votes I’d vote for all three. With just one I pick 1995
The 2021 defense has done it all year so far. The 1995 defense got it together in the playoffs and particularly the NC game. But they also benefited from an outstanding offense that could keep them off the field and they gave up a lot of points during the season. A luxury this 2021 defense has yet to enjoy. Looking at fundamentals, this 2021 defense looks better to me. Better than any I've seen. BH said the same thing in the presser.
IdaGriz01
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Oddly enough, the Griz defense was also the difference in the 1995 Nattie . The Griz had racked up big, big numbers for the season, and into the playoff. Not so the game at Marshall. But the D held Marshall to their lowest (or 2nd lowest, I'm not totally sure) score for the year. The late drive heroics by DD and the offense was only possible because the D had kept them in reach.fanofzoo said:
Grizzlies1982
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IdaGriz01 said:
Don’t forget our guys drop Marshall’s QB Pennington for a safety too. From the first playoff game through the end the 1995 defense was stellar. Hope the 2021 version can match their regular season phenomenal performance!
IdaGriz01
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Yep. That's the D ... and the points were the difference in the game. Those of us who were there like to take a little credit (justified or notGrizzlies1982 said:
). Marshall was dumb enough to put all the Griz tickets more or less together and we pretty much screamed our heads off all the way. Even the Marshall folks (some gave us their bottle of champagne later) said we were a distraction to their offense. One of our many cherished memories of Griz football.
Special H
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha no.
95 hands down 2001 is a very distant second place. The 2007 team had a better defense than this year maybe 2009
2007 team would have won another NC if we had a QB. Hauck never has marginally good QBs he has very average game managers.
FCS was a lot better back then top to bottom. The Big Sky is a weak conference but the teams over all were better back in the 90s now all we have is 1 or 2 good teams and the rest like Idaho, No Colorado, Southern Utah and Montana State.
95 hands down 2001 is a very distant second place. The 2007 team had a better defense than this year maybe 2009
2007 team would have won another NC if we had a QB. Hauck never has marginally good QBs he has very average game managers.
FCS was a lot better back then top to bottom. The Big Sky is a weak conference but the teams over all were better back in the 90s now all we have is 1 or 2 good teams and the rest like Idaho, No Colorado, Southern Utah and Montana State.
I loved watching the 2001 Griz. The 07-09 Griz were also very good defensively, as was the 2011 squad. Tripp, Kanongataa and coyle as well as wagenman and Tyrone Holmes were all on the same team at one time right? Yet this years team is top to bottom the best I’ve witnessed. Also, as some have pointed out, our offense has done the defense very few favors, yet the defense was still the conferences best scoring defense and one of the best scoring defenses in the country despite the offensive deficiencies. Just a very impressive group.
