Film Room: Playin’ Chess - Dave Aranda vs Phil Longo: Round 2

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Aranda decided his best option was to play a lot of man coverage with 1 high safety against Ole Miss. This is your classic way of dealing with RPO’s. Let the linebackers do their thing in the box and the coverage guys deal with all the pass options. Instead of playing his famous “Tite 4” front and coverage, Aranda went to Oxford with his “Under 1” defense.

With Ole Miss running a ton of counter and power schemes with a fullback/h-back/sniffer, the odd “tite” front might not have been the best choice for his defense. The “under” front gives Aranda 4 down lineman.

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The 2018 version of the Ole Miss offense features a ton of the same concepts and so far, minus one game against Alabama, they have been as explosive as ever. They currently sit 4th in overall Offensive S&P+. They’re 1st in explosiveness, 9th in finishing drives and 23rd in success rate. They are in the business of creating big plays. Where they struggle is on 3rd down. They’re 72nd in 3rd and long success rate and 109th in 3rd and medium success rate. So how do you force them into longer third downs? You make them run the football. They don’t run the ball efficiently at all and they sit 95th in rushing marginal efficiency.

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