(EDITED BY AUTHOR: 10/6/2004 - 10:16 a.m.)You can't expect a team to win games when its #1 offensive threat goes down. Look at Auburn in 02, we lose Carnell and Ronnie and the very next game ... wait.. bad example.
Well in 84 Bo seperates his shoulder and Auburn promptly goes in the tank, reeling off six straight victories.... another bad example.
Oh, wait, there's the 72 Dolphins. Greise goes down and the Dolphins finish with a perfect season and win the post-season and Greise returns for the Super Bowl. But they looked bad doing it. Worse looking perfect season in NFL history.