Defensive sets

[Fine Vol]

3-4 Used mainly for run D.
4-3 Used mainly for run D.
nickel D- Used mainly for the pass.
dime D- Used mainly for long pass.

I believe this is a correct, I know it is a very watered down view but I like to get more in depth. I believe the Vols use the 4-3 the most.

 

[VolinArizona]

3-4 Used mainly for run D.
4-3 Used mainly for run D.
nickel D- Used mainly for the pass.
dime D- Used mainly for long pass.

I believe this is a correct, I know it is a very watered down view but I like to get more in depth. I believe the Vols use the 4-3 the most.

You also have a 3-3-5, 4-4, and a 4-2-5, which is the same personnel, I believe, as a nickel, but the extra DB is usually a safety who plays where an OLB would.

 

[GAVol]

There's also the old "50" defense that everybody used to play, "Wide Tackle 6", the "46" or "Bear" defense, etc etc etc. Then there are tons of coverage shells that can be played out of each set.

 

[cd12]

You also have a 3-3-5, 4-4, and a 4-2-5, which is the same personnel, I believe, as a nickel, but the extra DB is usually a safety who plays where an OLB would.

I believe we call that the vaunted and feared Mustang!

 

[vols kick balls]

Dont forget the several different variations of the goalline D.

 

[GAVol]

There's also the Flex, the 4-0, the Bubble, the Prowler . . . I don't think there are very many things that haven't been tried.

 

[VolinArizona]

I haven't seen 11 guys in the box

 

[vols kick balls]

I haven't seen 11 guys in the box

A lot of teams use that up til middle school.

 

[Fine Vol]

A lot of teams use that up til middle school.

Maybe we should use it to stop Tebow

 

[vols kick balls]

Maybe we should use it to stop Tebow

why? so we could slow him down on the way to the endzone? i dont think it would help much.

 

[cotton]

I haven't seen 11 guys in the box

Find a replay of the Bama/Miami Sugar Bowl (1/1/93)

It wasn't exactly 11 in the box, but Bama had 11 on the LOS for much of the game, daring the U to get by them. They didn't.

 

[GAVol]

We did that in the 86 Sugar Bowl against Vinny Testaderde and got away with it.

 

[cotton]

3-4 Used mainly for run D.
4-3 Used mainly for run D.

To say that these sets are used mainly for run defense is not entirely correct. They are base defensive sets, and, depending what you do out of them, should be able to defend against either run or pass.

Tennessee does run a base 4-3, as do most teams. The 3-4 is less common in college football, more common in the pros, but still widely used (I think Penn St. might run a 3-4.)

Rutgers runs a 3-3-5 base this year.

 

[rockydoc]

There's also the old "50" defense that everybody used to play, "Wide Tackle 6", the "46" or "Bear" defense, etc etc etc. Then there are tons of coverage shells that can be played out of each set.

Jerry Claiborne used the "wide tackle six" while at Kentucky. He had two interior linemen called "defensive guards" flanked by the defensive tackles with the ends on the outside. Tough to run on but vulnernable to modern passing game.