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I'm not disagreeing with what these coaches are saying when looking at defending the spread in and of itself. Even though there are other ways to successfully defend the spread other than going lighter and faster. I'm just saying that it would be too risky to go (across the board) lighter and faster on the defensive side of the ball to simply stop ONE style of offense. This would be fine if every D-1 team in the country ran the spread but the odds of that happening are slim to none.The SEC has dominated the BCS national championship series since it's inception. The consensus opinion seems to be it's because we play a more physical style of football and players are not only faster but they are bigger AND faster. So taking that model, which has seemed to work for the SEC why would anybody (especially an SEC team) want to go "lighter and faster" when many SEC teams are able to go bigger and faster? A 230lb LB is not going "smaller". A 215lb LB IS going "smaller". There is more difference in the 15lbs that separates a 215lb LB and 230lb LB than the "15lbs" that seperates a 230lb and 245lb LB.With the talent coming out of HS's today in which you have a greater pool of "bigger players" that can run as well as be "BIG" I don't see the reason in selling out completely to lighter players when you can realistically (in today's time)dang near have the best of both worlds.
I'm not disagreeing with what these coaches are saying when looking at defending the spread in and of itself. Even though there are other ways to successfully defend the spread other than going lighter and faster. I'm just saying that it would be too risky to go (across the board) lighter and faster on the defensive side of the ball to simply stop ONE style of offense. This would be fine if every D-1 team in the country ran the spread but the odds of that happening are slim to none.
The SEC has dominated the BCS national championship series since it's inception. The consensus opinion seems to be it's because we play a more physical style of football and players are not only faster but they are bigger AND faster. So taking that model, which has seemed to work for the SEC why would anybody (especially an SEC team) want to go "lighter and faster" when many SEC teams are able to go bigger and faster? A 230lb LB is not going "smaller". A 215lb LB IS going "smaller". There is more difference in the 15lbs that separates a 215lb LB and 230lb LB than the "15lbs" that seperates a 230lb and 245lb LB.
With the talent coming out of HS's today in which you have a greater pool of "bigger players" that can run as well as be "BIG" I don't see the reason in selling out completely to lighter players when you can realistically (in today's time)dang near have the best of both worlds.
