Nothing I've said is really controversial.So let me see if I have this straight. Here is a list of Doc's "unimportant" things in football:
Special Teams
Rushing
Coaching
And a list of things that are important:
Passing
Illinois
That about covers it, right?
The most powerful offense is a balanced offense. But if you're going to be one dimensional, as both MU and NU have been at times this year, the pass is clearly the more powerful of the two for putting points on the board.
Special teams is important, but not as important as offense and defense, I think that's pretty uncontroversial, and I don't see an advantage there for NU anyway. And losing games to overrated teams doesn't mean you're a top 10 team.
I think that about covers it.