re: I miss football before the HUNH and RP0.

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Anyone think the rules will be changed to go back so that you can actually field a shut down defense again?

Growing up, I always liked defense the most.

I loved the 3rd down stops. The qb hurries that forced a pass breakup, throw away, big sack, or possible interception.

I loved the runs that got stuffed in the backfield. Remeber Clowney's hit against Michigan?

I miss punts that actually matter. Swinging the field postion and pinning them deep.

I dont know, alot of football just doesnt seem like football anymore.

Maybe its cause some of my first big memories of the Tide were of the 92 Defense.

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I'm a high school DC and things have changed so much the last 5-7 years or so. Kids don't want to play defense anymore. They aren't physical anymore. You face all of this spread and RPO stuff, and then a Wing-T team pops up on your schedule. I now feel if I can hold.a team to 20 it's an accomplishment. Back in the day giving up an average of 20 PPG would get you canned.

LOS 1yard instead of 3 yards on pass plays.

Tighten up what’s called holding. Unless you stretch a jersey, wrap around them, or hook an arm it’s not holding.

Allow more contact downfield by secondary.

These are some things that they could do if they need to swing it back the other direction.

HUNH is situational now instead of a scheme with the substitution rules. It was almost rugby til they slowed it down. They realized football is not meant to be a continuous scrimmage which is what it was turning in to.

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So you’re mad that offensive players have gotten too good?

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Not sure if serious but for the past 15+ years the rule changes have only benefitted the offense. 4 or 5 receivers running around that basically cannot be touched. Rules that allow a QB to ground the ball if the defensive secondary does a good job. Everything benefits the offense nowadays. Have they really gotten too good???

Is this what we want football to be?

Not I, Nick. Not I.

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I think the defenses will catch up eventually.

Clemson and Brent Venables seem to have something figured out and Auburn the past couple of years with Steele have been very good

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Yeah, Venables is damn good. Wish he hadn't had the LSU game last year to learn from. I'm sure he's made some great adaptations based on that game.

The venables game plan should have spread throughout all of football and idk why it hasn’t. Recruit hard hitting safeties at put them at outside linebacker. You really only need a true linebacker at Mike. Let the hybrid guys play outside linebacker have 3 safeties on the field over the top and still two corners. Basically you play with either a 3-2-6 or 2-4-5. You can play with the 3-2-6 or dime as your base if you have elite line play but other than that your base should be a nickel package with 3 safeties. Venables is elite because they have such smart defensive players they have a huge defensive playbook they can go into. If you watch Clemson against an elite offense and you’ll see 3-1-7,1-5-5/1-4-6/2–4-5,3-3-5 etc and these exotic looks is what can really hurt these spread offenses the same way zone blitzes confused the run and shoot because these different defensive fronts makes those simple and easy reads that the rpo is based around, and makes it almost impossible to read pre snap

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So you’re mad that offensive players have gotten too good

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Yea thats what it is.

Football is way better when the offense and defense are evenly matched.

Right now the playing field is heavily tilted to favor the offense.

I miss when every big hit wasn’t flagged for targeting. Go back and watch games from 2005-2010 and they are way more physical. I remember 2006-07 Arkansas with Reggie Herring as DC dialing up delayed corner and safety blitzes and they’d destroy the QB. Don’t see that hardly anymore