re: What are your impressions of Aranda?

I have faith in him so far. Results speak for themselves... especially with the defense on the field all game long against Wisc.

I see the defensive calls slowly shifting towards the more aggressive with time due to a lack of confidence in the players grip of the new schemes in Aranda's eyes. The things that he wants to do call for a lot of discipline from that front seven which is pretty much what broke down on most of those QB runs yesterday.

Sure, it would be nice to see our CBs bumping their rec's at the LOS and playing more aggressive but I can't expect young guys like Jackson or even Tolliver to just jump into that kind of role. I think that they will be allowed to start tightening up their coverages as they earn Aranda's trust though. For that to happen, that pass rush also needs to get stepped up.

So the bottom line is that it will take a little time before any of us know what's up. Although we have a loss, the defense is fortunate to have had two solid offenses with different strengths to play against going into SEC play.