re: Looking for a true objective analysis (A&M at South Carolina)

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USC will want to get pressure on Kenny Hill early and will probably have to bring linebackers to do so. Getting pressure on the QB will help the secondary out.

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Blitzing is the worst thing you can do against an Air Raid offense.

You want to be able to get pressure and stop the run with your front 4 and sit back in coverage, making the offense slowly work down the field and waiting for a mistake. The ball comes out too quick for blitzing to be regularly worth it, and it forces corners and safeties to make one on one tackles against better athletes to prevent huge gains.

The only teams that have had defensive success against A&M are the ones who did the above (LSU and Florida notably). Auburn tried and it worked out in the end when their deep D-line wore us out.

Teams that have tried to blitz us (Bama, Arkansas, MSU, Ole Miss this year, etc.) have gotten torched.