31.   In both games, defense wins the championship.

32.   In six years of pulling the strings for the organization, Gainey has held fast to the code that defense wins championships.

33.   In the war of words in the first week, legal observers say the defense won round one.

34.   Let the defense win it.

35.   Mora has ever been known as a defensive coach, deep in his core the football truism that defenses win games.

36.   Not the least of those being that the defense sometimes wins.

37.   Now that the defense has won, Shapiro has the best of both worlds.

38.   Offense puts fans in the stands, but defense wins championships.

39.   Offense got the Rams records, but defense won them the Lombardi Trophy.

40.   Still, as a wise coach once said, defense wins college bowl games, an axiom that would seem to favor the lukewarmly inspired Cavaliers.