re: Best Defensive attack against GT

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make them beat us consistently with the deep ball before we change anything.

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well any pass that GT will throw will be a mid-deep ball. There aren't many slants or short level throws (aside from screens). But passes seem to be behind the LoS or past the first down marker.

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4-3,4-2-5,4-4 are all pretty close. It just maters on what assignment you give to each player. If you run a 3-3 , you better have a MAN at nose. If your noseguard is singled blocked by the center,it will be a long night.

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Agreed. MSU tried basically a 3 man front with nose head up on center and the ends in 4- and 5-techs or thereabouts, and they got crushed.

VT put two DT's in the A-gaps and clogged the middle, and they completely took away the dive and also made mesh turnovers risky.

GT eventually adjusted and the ball well on the perimeter, we had about 285 rushing and 385 total yards and outgained VT by 50%, but with a -3 turnover ratio we ended up losing a tight game.

FSU tried the VT approach and got shredded like a senator's tax returns until Nesbitt sprained his ankle late in the third (a GT OL fell on it at a bad angle).