re: Worse defense: 2005 or 2013

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I think we completely lack a pass rush. That is easily the biggest problem.

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I think it's a combination of things which is why it isn't easily fixable. We don't have the physical capability up front to stop the run so we have to throw bodies to that. We don't have the experience at LBer to make plays. They are always reacting and sometimes way too late. Play action is killing them. And all that means we have to walk the safeties into the box to stop the run at times which exposes our back end especially since we lack any kind of pass rush.

The fact that we had 9 in the box and knew Auburn was running and still couldn't stop it is not something that coaches can readily fix. We're undersized at every single position right now and a lot of that has to do with age. They are a good running team and very physical. We just couldn't match it at the end.