In watching practice videos, the d-line seems much more active than before. There seems to be a lot of trading places (looping, etc) with big linebackers (Tago, Luvu, Hanser) jumping through the gaps created when o-linemen are scrambling to keep up. Destroy and disrupt, Phelps says. It worked against WSU in the Holiday Bowl. Any time you get a couple of bodies in the backfield, an offense is changed, or so the argument goes.
Even so, we're going to need an infusion of big JC transfers next season to continue this defense's progress.
Even so, we're going to need an infusion of big JC transfers next season to continue this defense's progress.