Best defense against the Spread Offense (Florida type)

consistently putting Tebow arse in the dirt is the best defense against a Florida offense.

Sounds good to me.

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3 DL

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Might be a little susceptible to the run.

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mike4lsu

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sounds like you got it all figured out brotha

Talent is the only way and not many teams have the speed to do it.

One team that's had recent success against UF is Auburn. The Tigers held Florida to 17 points in both their 2006 and 2007 games. I understand the 2009 Gators are a different team, but nevertheless, the 2006-2007 Gators were Meyer-coached teams, and the 2007 team was led by Tebow. Might be worth watching tapes to see what Auburn did in those two games.

2007 Florida put up 24 and Tebow and crew moved the ball with ease during parts of that game.

I think you have to go a little old school and apply option principles to stop the Meyer spread. I would our base defense since we have Coleman at LB, and use a Cover 2 so you have your corners squatted to provide outside containment. We always get burned to the outside because we use our slow ends to provide containment. Our DEs need to collapse in to help clog the middle and have our LBs scrape hard and plant Tebow everytime they see him. I honestly think we have to stop their run, and force Tebow to pass. Not that he can't but it increases the opportunity for turnovers (or long TD passes if we lock a safety on their best receiver).

The best defense against the spread is a good running game on offense. Keep the ball and limit the amt of time the other team is on the field.

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reference: florida vs. michigan

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35 points isn't holding UF back.

The defense sucked bad...