re: Will Pruitt do a better job than Saban / Smart at stopping Auburn's run game?

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It's more about time to prepare than anything else. Any good defensive coach would be more successful against that offense after drilling the handful of plays over and over and over.

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I think you're onto something with this. Not to take anything away from Auburn's players (that line and Mason are damn good), but a lot of the defenses that Auburn faced simply weren't prepared to defend Malzahn's spread-diamond-pistol-where-the-frick-did-the-ball-go offense. I have to think that FSU will look a lot sharper on D and will make reads faster and more accurately.