But everyone knows that. Everyone knows St Louis only won 83 games. When you say a team is overrated, it is not a matter of how good they are, it is a matter of how people percieve them to be
In recent years, maybe 2000 Ravens. Defense was no where near the 85 Bears or late 70s Steelers like many think. And how long did the offense go without scoring a tuchdown?
If it wasn't for cronyism on the veteran's committee he wouldn't have gotten near the Hall-of-Fame
Bar, the Ravens defense was great, great enough to single handidly win a Super Bowl, easily the third best defense in history. But a distant third. Overall that team is behind the Tampa Bay Super Bowl team. Generally, doing one thing great is a great way to make people overlook the rest (see Mazeroski)
That WS without question helped his cause, but Maz was the greatest ever, one could argue, at turning double plays, and the so called experts that are alive to have seen Maz's, Morgan, Sandberg, and Alomar's career sat Maz defensivly was better than that trio.
Defense is not appreciated nearly as offense is, shame, it should be.
54 Giants is a good choice
Doing one thing great does not make a great player. Some argue Mazeroski is the best defensive player in history (though I'll take Ozzie Smith). Yet Bobby Grich and Lou Whitaker were far better. Even Willie Randolph was better. Bill James wrote that a double play essentially takes a runner off of first base. But on offense Randolph reached base so much more often, about 45 times more often per full season. Mazeroski was not turning that many more double plays
There is also a strong case that Jackie Robinson was a better defensive second baseman
Doing one thing great does not make a great player. Some argue Mazeroski is the best defensive player in history (though I'll take Ozzie Smith). Yet Bobby Grich and Lou Whitaker were far better. Even Willie Randolph was better. Bill James wrote that a double play essentially takes a runner off of first base. But on offense Randolph reached base so much more often, about 45 times more often per full season. Mazeroski was not turning that many more double plays
There is also a strong case that Jackie Robinson was a better defensive second baseman
Easy answer for me ! 1990 Colorado Buff. They split the National Championship with Georgia Tech even though they lost to Ill. They also actually lost to Missouri when the Refs gave then 5 first downs which would have meant their second loss of the season and then they really also lost to Notre Dame in their so called 10-9 Bowl win over Notre Dame when the rocket ran a kickoff 91 yards for the winning Notre Dame TD and once again the
Refs called a fathom clipping call on Notre Dame that no replay showed ! To me Colorado's 1990 so called Championship team actually finished with a record of 8-3-1 while Georgia Tech went undefeated at 10-0-1
Refs called a fathom clipping call on Notre Dame that no replay showed ! To me Colorado's 1990 so called Championship team actually finished with a record of 8-3-1 while Georgia Tech went undefeated at 10-0-1
