re: LSU-Alabama X’s and O’s conversation

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It will be interesting to see if House can get our D to play solid in the first 2 Qtrs of the game

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A quick tie-in here — Matt House served as DC for Kentucky under Mark Stoops. I think he's considered as part of the Steve Spagnuolo defensive tree.

Eric Wolford, OL coach at Alabama, also served at Kentucky under Mark Stoops. Wolford was actually recruited out of high school by Bob Stoops, and played for and coached with Bill Snyder at Kansas State.

Being the former head coach for both, Mark Stoops worked with Mike Stoops at Arizona, who falls under the Hayden Fry/Bill Snyder umbrella as well. Mike Stoops was hired in an off-the-field role by Saban at Alabama.

All this to say, should be interesting to watch the OL/DL chess match in this one, as both coaches have some familiar branches weaving through all those same systems.

Basically, a lot of connections to Stoops.