Originally Posted by
AtlantaDan
Every rules change has been to encourage scoring
There are compelling safety reasons to significantly reduce the risk of offensive players in general and QBs in particular getting hit, but if receivers run free and you cannot breathe on the QB without getting flagged, games with over/unders in the 60s are what you will get
As far as the answer coming from the NCAA level, if Nick Saban with his defensive roster of future NFL players could not figure out how to stop offenses with skill players such as DeShaun Watson the answer is not coming from the college level