It's just weird this season.
To remove some bias from the equation, let's compare '96 Florida O to '20 Florida O. Not one of this year's OL would start in '96. Not one of this year's WR would start in '96. '20's best RB would be competing with Eugene McCaslin for the 4th spot on the '96 depth chart and hoping for a few carries in garbage time, or a role on special teams. Of course Pitts would start but he's the exception.
Despite a huge talent disadvantage, '20 offense looks better on paper than '96. '20 put up crazy numbers against an all-SEC schedule.
Do we REALLY think the '20 O was actually better than '96?
Zack Piller, Ryan Kalich, Jeff Mitchell, Donnie Young, Mo Collins
Ike, Reidel, Quezzie
Fred Taylor, Terry Jackson, Eli Williams
C'mon. Be real.
So we're agreed that '96 Florida O was much better than '20 Florida O despite what the numbers tell us.
Now to '20 Bama.
'20 Bama O playing against similar competition was better than '20 Florida O (Bama had much better OL, much better RB, and better WR, but Florida had Pitts) but the difference wasn't huge. Bama's '20 O was better than Florida's '20 O but only marginally so. We put up similar numbers facing similar opponents (aTm, UGA, Ole Miss, etc.).
That tells me that '96 Florida O was probably better than '20 Bama O despite what the weird 2020 numbers tell us.
...and of course we know which team had a better defense.
That sounds a bit too definitive. Let me walk it back some. I think it is almost impossible to compare 2020 numbers to other seasons because everything was just weird in 2020. Everybody put up weird numbers in 2020. Is it fair to judge Bama's 2020 defense when nobody played defense in 2020? If the offenses aren't really as good as the numbers imply, then we must conclude that the defenses aren't really as bad as the numbers imply.
Bama is, without a doubt, the best team in college football in 2020. Hard to compare them to our '96 team.
Alex.