Name 3 main ingredients for a championship TEAM

[Hector.sixpack]

1. Senior leadership- I think you saw this with Auburn last year, while they played in many close games, the veterans on defense stepped up when they had to.
2. Champion QB- don't have to be the best stat QB, but makes the plays when they have to be made
3. Speed- I hope we are faster this year.

 

[ckDOG]

If you have those 3 things, you are going to control the clock and win the field position battle every game. It's easy to be a consistent winner with that combination. That's what the Kang had when we were winning.

 

[missouridawg]

In that order.

 

[bulldogbaja]

except maybe Top 10 Defense, Veteran O-Line, and exceptional conditioning.

 

[RebelBruiser]

Their defense was good enough at times, but it was far from what I would call great.

I do agree though, and I think ultimately it starts up front for most teams on both sides. If you have good veterans up front, you're typically going to be pretty good on that side of the ball. I also agree on special teams. That's undervalued by most fans, but when you consider that field position from good special teams can make the difference of 10-20 yards a pop both ways, that's a couple first downs you either force the other team to get or don't have to get yourself. It can make a huge difference.

I remember one of the Orgeron years we had kickers that could barely make extra points and didn't have strong enough legs to kick kickoffs inside the 10. We were killed on field position all year before our pitiful defense and offense had a chance to even get going.

 

[Mr Meoff]

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[aTotal360]

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[MadDawg.sixpack]

nfm

 

[Center Z]

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[4suredog]

I was at a luncheon years ago and Bobby Bowden was the speaker. The question to him was when in the preseason did he think he had a team that could compete for a title. His answer was, in late 2-a-days when he thought his 1 and 2 were interchangable at each postion or that he had basically 22 players on each side of the ball that could start. Based on that, I would say depth is the main ingredient.

 

[thatsbaseball]

nm

 

[RonnyAtmosphere]

...your best players remaining healthy all season +


close game where a team better than you makes a critical mistake late in the game allowing you to win +


close game where a team worse than you makes a critical mistake late in the game allowing you to win +


special teams winning close games via long field goals, blocked punts, fumble recoveries, etc +


your coach keeping his head in close games & not 17ing up =


no way you win a championship without luck playing a huge role.

 

[RonnyAtmosphere]

...your best players remaining healthy all season +


close game where a team better than you makes a critical mistake late in the game allowing you to win +


close game where a team worse than you makes a critical mistake late in the game allowing you to win +


special teams winning close games via long field goals, blocked punts, fumble recoveries, etc +


your coach keeping his head in close games & not 17ing up + critical calls from refs going your way all season =


no way you win a championship without luck playing a huge role.

 

[MeridianDog]

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[Todd4State]

I think you have to have a good QB, a good o-line, great skill guys including a running back that is very solid, a solid defense, and solid special teams.

In no particular order.

I believe that all five of those things work together to make a championship team and give you a chance. After that, to actually win a championship, that's where coaching, luck, and all of those other things come into play.

 

[RougeDawg]

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[drt7891]

It begins with confidence, leadership, and a reliance on every team member's individual importance. Take that and throw in a team's belief in coaching philosophy that includes a strong focus on exceptional trench play (O and D lines), special teams, and an understanding of a team's position at any given time. After that, build your skill players around those foundations. Maybe I am completely out of the norm and bash away at me all you want on this, but championship teams build their entire team around their strengths in the trenches, special teams, and coaching strategies, while skill players are almost secondary. Without any of those foundations, skill players are useless (see Crxxms Error for a very good example).<div>
</div><div>My bad for getting so deep, but the question was asked. </div>

 

[Hector.sixpack]

Seems like most agree that the qb has got to be special and the intangibles are as important as the talent on the field. And by intangibles im including everything but talent.

Edit for sp. Stupid phone

 

[was21]

asdf

 

[independencebowlmainstay]

I don't think you have to have an all world QB. Just one that doesn't give the other team the ball. This is exactly the reason I can't take LSU serious as a contender for the NT. When Jordan Jefferson is your QB, you will lose at least one game due to him being turnover machine.

I think the single most important factor is solid interior line play on both sides of the ball. Not just offense. As said, a QB that doesn't turn the ball over. Solid ST play, because it will cost you a game somewhere if you don't, and luck.

As someone else said, NO ONE wins without luck. Auburn last year when State dropped the ball, when Bama fumbled out of the endzone when about to go up by 24, Dyer's run in the NC game. Bama the year before when TN gets two short FG's blocked to win the game in Tuscaloosa. To win 14 games, especially when you play 9 SEC games, is almost impossible today. Even the bottom half of the SEC is good enough on any given day to beat most people, and if they don't beat you, they at least beat you up physically.