This team should never be compared with 05. EVER.
2005 Horns OVERCAME the shitty offensive scheme. They took a basic ZR and lead the country in scoring at I believe 51 pts per game( just going from memory). Ramonce Taylor was an NFL player but he just couldn't keep his head on straight. People forget about Selvin Young, another guy who saw time in the NFL. Then Charles ended up being one of the best RBs in NFL history. Someone said our receivers this year are better than 05. You know what our receivers did in 05? They caught the fucking ball. One of our most iconic moments that year was a receiver catching a high ball over two defenders to beat Ohio State on the road. Get the fuck outta here until our current receivers play that big in a moment that big. The line back then played angry. 4 of them went to the league. You know they were good because 180lb Colt McCoy wore out OU with them as a Freshman and he didn't even get his jersey dirty.
Defensively their LB corp was shit, but they didn't need them. MGriff and Huff cleaned everything up. D-Line was as good as this one, but the secondary was where we were special. We had 3 bad ass corners. You know you are good when a thorpe award winner has to play nickel. We didn't even run anything exotic either. A-Ross was a gifted returner. They all had ball skills, and Griff and Huff had a lot of range.
That said, those guys paled in comparison to the 09 group. 136 tackles for loss. 46 sacks. 25 INTs. 99 PBUs. Caused 25 fumbles. Muschamp's group....absolute monsters. ET, Keenan, Kindle, Houston, the Browns, the Achos, Aaron Williams, Randall, Okafor, and Vaccaro all got run in the league.