State Your Preference

... Auburn has always had a good D.  Before and after Chizik.  Tuberville has a lot to do with it, obviously.  But look at Muschamp under Saban at LSU.  He ranked #1 scoring and yardage D in the country in 2003 (good enough to win the BCSCG).  In the NFL, he had something like the 10th best D in the league at Miami.  These are good signs, obviously.  Even aside from that, though, I've heard that he likes to play agressive, bump-and-run coverage on the corners, expects a lot from his line backers, and expects his front four to get pressure.  He says he wants to go after the offense, to the point where we will say what plays the offense can run and can't run, and we will be waiting on them.  If he brought nothing but that attitude to Texas, our defense would improve monstrously.

Young guns like this "mofo" play with much more pride than the old guys who have done everything and are content to just win "well enough".  If WM makes the deal here, I doubt you'll see anymore backup QB's marching their offense down the field for score after score once the game is over.  Letting Tech score 21 points in the fourth quarter was embarrassing, and letting ASU's backup score two TD's in a row was embarrassing.  WM would bring some pride to the D, and set in their heads the goal of "We will stop the offense on this drive,"  on every drive.

I like the basics of his "don't bend a f@*$ing inch" attitude, because unless we're going up against a future Pro-Bowler, college qb's thrive on checking to the wide open guy, and having their throw decided before the snap.  See Sam Bradford.  When WVU played big cushions on the corners, Bradford threw the easy 8-9 yard hitch/out/stop/whatever every time.  Once that was taken away, either by the defense or by not calling those routes anymore because they're looking for the big play, Bradford was a tackling-dummy.  The kid has the pocket presence of David Carr.  Clamp down on his receivers and happily collect the picks, sacks, fumbles, and runs for no gain as they rain from the sky.  Most qb's are like this.  They see the "soft" defense all year, and that's what they know how to play against.  Throw in some evil, meat-grinder D, and they start thinking about transferring to the FCS (D-1AA, fuckever).