re: Question about MSU's pass defense

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Not sure if it is better to play zone or man against Bama. It would be interesting to look at the stats for that. The one thing that I think Kiffin has brought that has been a huge plus is the increased diversity of the routes receivers now run. He has been able to find the holes when teams have played zone. It might be the best way to contain Cooper though.

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I've noticed that on huge/meaningful drives, we go into some hybrid looks and really tends to confuse opponents. We've got a LB that can cover, a LB that can bump up and put his hand on the ground, a freak DT that can play every position across the DL, and a FS that's an athletic freak and has experience at corner(but his mental lapses kill us at times). Successful multi-positional guys on our first team d allow us a near infinite number of looks and disguises out of the same personnel packages. We don't do it constantly and kinda stay in base and save that for when we need it, but when we do it, we generally get immediate stops.

It's been perplexing at times -- but we rarely come out of our base d...