re: Saban: It's virtually impossible to come up with a defensive scheme to stop RPOs

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They way to stop it is to build your defense with length and speed, a 4-3, and alot lighter in the arse than Bama does

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Which we've moved towards over the last 3-4 years.

LB/Safety - 2011
Dont'a Hightower (MLB) - 6-4, 260 lbs
CJ Mosley (WLB) - 6-2, 234 lbs
Jerrell Harris (SLB) - 6-3, 242 lbs
Mark Barron (SS) - 6-2, 218 lbs
Robert Lester (FS) - 6-2, 210 lbs

LB/Safety - 2017
Shaun Dion Hamilton (ILB) - 6-0, 232 lbs
Rashaan Evans (OLB) - 6-3, 230 lbs
Christian Miller (OLB) - 6-4, 230 lbs
Ronnie Harrison (SS) - 6-3, 216 lbs
Minkah Fitzpatrick (FS) - 6-1, 203 lbs

We got burned by Ole Miss and Clemson last year because their QB's were making great throws and great decisions and our CBs got beat 1-on-1 by big, excellent WRs.

We weren't getting run ragged all over the field like Manziel did in 2012. That really doesn't happen to us anymore. Precision spread passing against 1-on-1 coverage has been our undoing.