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[QUOTE="Crusty, post: 1549840, member: 2265"]
Football is all about matchups. We have played our best against LSU and Clemson and need to ask why.
Both defenses are similar in style and perfect to run the option against. Kudos to Lester for recognizing this.

If you read up on stopping an option offense you will see that assignment defense is the key. An aggressive attacking defense gets out of position by getting past the play or trapped by misdirection. That is what happened with both LSU and Clemson.

Will it work against more traditional read and react defenses? The evidence suggests otherwise, but we will not know for sure until Mahoney plays against teams like NCS and BC.

I should hasten to add that while Navy is having a great year, Georgia Tech, the other preeminent option team, is 3-7 and mired in last place in the Coastal Division at 1-6. If we were to convert to an all out option team we would spend a couple of years recruiting for that style and then another few years recruiting for whatever followed.
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