i didnt pay close attention to how often we stayed in our base defense and didnt match personnel vs mizzou, but its something we definitely did often vs kentucky. muschamp mentioned in his postgame presser that hes always matched personnel throughout his career but its a tendency hes breaking due to sherrod greene playing better than the nickel position and it seems to be having a positive effect on the defense as a whole. going with base personnel limits some of the things we can do coverage wise, but now youre a more physical team and theoretically youre putting the opposing offense in more obvious passing situations. the other potential positive is now the young slot corners arent having to play as many snaps and specifically as many likely run support snaps. this may be the move that turns this unit around.
sherrod was much maligned last year to the point i was dreading the potential of him starting, but hes played some damn good football this year.
sherrod was much maligned last year to the point i was dreading the potential of him starting, but hes played some damn good football this year.