re: Why did O want to switch to a 4-3

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4-3 is antiquated against modern offenses, and due to the physical nature of players required to effectively use a 4-3, it's difficult to recruit for. HS defenses have adapted to HS spread offenses. You don't find that many high schools playing 4-3 any more.

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This is my personal feeling for college ball. There are still a number of NFL teams running a 4-3 because they still have to defend the run a lot and the defensive secondaries are elite compared to college teams even on the bad NFL teams.

Aranda liked to run 2 big DL, 6 LBs, 2 CB's, and one deep safety. He did this to put the fastest athletes on the field he could against spread teams. When we went against strong run teams then he would go traditional 3 big DL...

Look at the players we put on the field last season:

Chaison
Queen
Phillips
Divinity
Delpit
Vincent
Stingley
Stevens
Fulton

All these guys had great range and all but KF, KV, and Sting were some sort of hybrid LB in function.