D line dominating and controlling the line of scrimmage is the most important facet of football. It gives spirit and a prime base for the offense to be able to do it's thing; the O is much better able to rip it when it knows the D is doing it.
Imagine this season if the D was only giving up 13.6 points per game.
So true. Check the NIU folks on the ALL-MAC D line. NIU made the Orange Bowl the old fashioned way, they earned it, they deserve it. Monroe, do you remember the old saying, if you score you may win, if they never score you will never lose? D wins championships. With Scott, Carrie, Shaw, Huhn, Jones, Hughes healthy throughout Ohio is closer to a championship team, not saying better than NIU, just closer.