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[QUOTE="Hoov50, post: 1846363, member: 1056"]
There is a big difference in the offenses run in college vs. professional.  You can't have 320 pounders clogging up the middle when almost all college teams get their yards on the edges.  The majority of professional offenses still try up the middle quite a bit. A guy like Vince Wilfork clog up the middle, but if you pay attention when passing downs come along those guys aren't in the game. In college you need your DT to be able to run sideline to sideline with some sort of effectiveness. The spread offenses we face look to get yards on the outside early and often a 320 pounder isn't going to be much help defending that.

Coach Babers is the first coach we have ever had who at least so far seems to understand what is needed defensively at the college level. Unfortunately, our former strength coach, who by most accounts is an awesome dude, under the guidance of it head coaches focused on strength building and getting bigger and stronger instead of a lot of the things college players need to compete at that level.
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