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I have not watched any tape of Miami vs Georgia Tech, so I am not sure if they make any specific adjustments from their normal scheme, but they certainly have the Yellow Jackets pegged. The entire defensive approach featured a bully mentality and a big play fervor. Backer: The Backer (Tariq Edwards) lines at the same depth as the mike but in the guard tackle gap. 2. Bud, a divorcee, married Jessie in February on Super Bowl Sunday, about four months after the hospital scare and around the time discussion began about him retiring. Stanford also used formation to create matchup problems. The transition from James Anderson to Brenden Hill without skipping a beat showed two things (1) the coaches know how to put different type players in a position to succeed and (2) while better defined to defend against todays offensive systems, the Whip still is a hybrid position. The Gap Defense is grounded in a simple concept. Backers and Mikes must be adept at timing blitzes and taking on blocks. We were tiny on D in 2010. The Corners cheat deeper in this coverage at 7-9 yds, so they can rarely show Press man pre-snap when 2-Robber is the call. Remember getting gashed repeatedly by just about everybody we played? Rece Davis. The biggest difference is how wildly the defensive responsibilities differ between the gap defense. Ok. A terrific example (which of course I cannot find a good video of) is the 2010 interception of Stephen Morris by Jayron Hosley against Miami. His recruiting dropped off when it became apparent that players could be great in that system, but the fundamentals they acquire do not translate to the NFL. 2) In a one gap 4-3, the DL wants to get up field and make plays. You can't develop an NFL caliber lineman. Again, the tackle will rarely be in position to make the tackle, but must minimally plug up the gap, causing the back to look to cut back to the 1 gap. Miami has completely destroyed GT the last few years (if i remember correctly), and they do that by blowing up the GT OL at the LOS. Against an 8-man front, it was difficult for offenses to establish the run because there was generally one defender unaccounted for in the blocking scheme. The Mike is over the center. The Stanford tight ends (who were all NFL caliber blocking tight ends) were then matched up with the weakest member of the Hokie front seven, in this case, Jeron Gouveia-Winslow. Stud End (Tyrell Wilson): Pre-Snap, the S end lines up outside eye of the boundary side tackle. At the snap, the nose has the daunting task of stunting two gaps, crossing the face of both the guard and the tackle to get outside shoulder gap fit on the 4 gap. Shop fresh Hokies gear at TKP sponsor Homefield. The end result of this 1st quarter play against UVA features Tyrell Wilson preventing the back from getting to the edge, the nose and tackle slant and fill their gaps, and Jack Tyler flies in on the blitz to make the play. The 8-man front, aggressive blitzing style of defense often forced the Hokies to play man coverage across the board with little or no deep help. Bud Foster is the former longtime Virginia Tech Defensive Coordinator where he spent 33 seasons coaching. The below diagram lays out a typical Hokie run blitz utilized to stop the zone run to the strong side out of an I formation. With those 3-4 wide formations, they could isolate a quick, speedy receiver in man coverage against Techs Backer and Rover to the strong side of the formation. This post gave me a good chuckle. All of those adjustments are made in real time by the players on the field. The wide side is called the field and the short side is called the boundary. Down and distance is fairly obvious. Whip: The Whip (Kyle Fuller) lines up wide, but well to the inside of the slot. In fact, since he arrived in Blacksburg in 1995, the Hokies have led all FBS programs in sacks (894) and sack yardage (-6,110). Likewise, the End, Backer, Boundary Corner, and Rover always align toward the short side of the field. - TheFifthFuller. It wasn't a great "instinctual play" by Hosley, but a calculated play call and design by Foster. It is even more stunning given how horridly Miami's D was against the Hokies. This book features Bud Foster, Defensive Coordinator at Virginia Tech; Chris Ash, Co-Defensive Coordinator, Ohio State; Mickey Matthews, former Head Coach at James . So obviously if it doesn't work the scheme breaks down because it also means not being able to pressure the offense and the QB into poor decisions. Registering for an account is free and easy. The same thing happens for Mike and Whip. The wide variety of stunts are designed to make backs read holes that are not there, causing them to run right into the mike or backer who have moved across the formation to meet the back in the hole. I'm sure Nick Saban said the very same thing to him hence his "I don't believe I could achieve my goals at VT" comment. I think I understand the step 45 because I believe I saw an example of that when Urban Meyer was analyzing our DL a few years back. I admit, I got chills when I read Charley Wiles bullet on defensive line play: "Feet in neutral zone by the time the ball disappears into centers crouch.". Former Coaching Staff: Where are they now? (Dave Knachel/Virginia Tech athletics) Article It's a season of transition. In passing situations, the Hokies use more defensive backs than the old days, but Foster's mentality hasn't changed. The helmets they're wearing are still my favorite VT helmets. 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The "G" front is a 4-man Even front that covers both OGs with DTs, and is heavy on stunting. The 4-2-5 Defense Study (Softcover: 145 pages) . 5yltM;6#D"A.+|F'g"##PBG Wi+5~ljx3!_YJ8a7p;[Bx$60FF8x\f@-. Also, because of the rather shorter depth of the Safeties, you can attack their run reads directly with a vertical route directly at them, like a Post or Go route up the seam. While the nose sometimes gets unblocked and can get upfield, more often than not he will make contact with the guard and tackle. The Hokies defense requires the DL to essentially "tie up" blockers and hold gaps. In a robber coverage, the safeties actually come forward at the snap while the corners bail out to a deep third. d88$FQ &~g?Waj }4;{S=Gg``YoF2a2XCTH#?:]=e1sp=$3_ S??oB/r~u6n?o'tm{ iu e*g[3mcXX_ endstream endobj 7 0 obj 859 endobj 12 0 obj << /Length 13 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream How did you think TCU was able to defeat teams like Wisconsin with their 4-2-5? The Rover aligns to the passing strength pre-snap, so hell adjust to the slot WRs most of the time. That gives up some of the flat zone coverage, so watch for more WR screens this week if they show us C4. First of all, they had a GREAT offensive line that was able to block at angles which cut off the stunts from Virginia Tech linebackers. Because he lines up so close to the LOS, he has to be really good with his backpedal fundamentals to be successful, but in 2-Robber he has the flat zone strong. Defensive linemen must be able to stunt and slant while maintaining leverage. End: The End (J.R. Collins) will stunt to the 7 gap, maintaining contain on any reverse, bootleg, or play-action. Its a different approach from VKs 4-2-5, which dropped one SS into the box, but essentially a 4-2-5 plays like a 4-4 front against any pro-style 2-TE/1-2 back offense. I broke the 4th wall of telestration. When fans get their first glimpse of the Hokies this spring, they will see a huge degree of Bud Foster influence in Brent Pry's defensive scheme. The idea is the front 6 align based on front alignment rules. With two CBs outside you basically have 6 ways it can work without changing the call. The Hokies play a base 4-3-4 defense, meaning that there are four defensive linemen, three linebackers and four defensive backs in the base set. The talent of their front just is not what it once was. "I think one of the biggest reasons actually was Steeles defense. To counter these offensive trends, Bud Foster made some adjustments to the base defense after the 2003 season. I foresee a TON of blitzes on 3rd and long. We will review the scheme adjustments that were made following the 2003 season and the impact they have had. Many defenses set the alignment of their players based on sides of the ball (ie, left and right) or formation strength (ie, which side the TE is on). Does this really hurt us? The 60-year-old Foster, who has been with the Hokies since 1987 and has served as defensive coordinator since 1995, is currently the longest-tenured assistant coach in the FBS. Welcome to Bud Foster's Lunch Pail D. This site is dedicated to blue collar, hard nosed defense like those run by Bud Foster during his years as the Defensive Coordinator for the Virginia Tech Hokies. While it's currently a knock that VT hasn't developed NFL linemen, it's more of an inability to recruit them onto campus than anything else. MAN. The scheme is also simpler to execute because the players are aligned based on ball position, rather than on the strength of the offensive formation. The potential risk is that the movement can allow for gashing big running plays if the players can't control their gap responsibility. Clemson and Duke are really the only teams I can remember that have attacked Hokie corners and been successful. Is this true and if so, how do we strengthen this weakness with out losing run control? On the other side, teams could get favorable running game match-ups by running to the boundary. From what I've heard, a lot of the negative recruiting emphasizes that in Tech's defense a DE or OLB (Whip), for example, isn't a traditional NFL DE or OLB. This allows the players to react instinctively and play with more confidence. The results of these adjustments speak for themselves. If healthy, this year's defense is going to be quite different. As some of you may remember, Virginia Tech rose to prominence in the early 90's on the back of elite special teams, a grind-it-out conservative offense, a state of the art weight training program, and most significantly, on the back of a radical defensive approach that took recruits that nobody wanted and turned them loose like the dogs of war on opposing defenses. They've only had a few with an NFL frame, and none of them worked out. The Hokies used a base 8-man front the majority of the time. Clemson started to rise after that game, and we started to fall. If your slot recognizes it and runs a slant, the FS has to hustle to get there and take that away. UNC had those guys, FSU has those guys, and that is about it in the SEC. The free safety fills play-side to clean up if the running back breaks through the play-side gaps. Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster, who announced Thursday he would be retiring at the end of this his 33rd season, is the longest continually tenured assistant at the same school in . a !1AQa"q2B#$Rb34rC%Scs5&DTdEt6UeuF'Vfv7GWgw(8HXhx )9IYiy However, what VT does is very different from TCU and here well showcase the fronts and coverages VT likes the most. This is particularly true when the Whip or Rover is aligned on a slot WR -- hell come hard on the blitz pretty often. #Scales4Heisman. Upvoted. Hokie defensive linemen are required to have a unique ability to sometimes cover gaps that are far from where they line up, while maintaining leverage in order to prevent being knocked backwards by an offensive lineman. I love it anyway! In that AFCA presentation could you explain what Wiles means for h.(Under Defensive Line: 10 Commandments) Escape: Rip or wipe, push with power, pull with trail, step 45 and rip your gap. They know on which side to align based on ball position. Because of their Field/Boundary alignment philosophy, the same defenders do not always get matched on the same offensive players. I love that article. In the old 4-4, the rover was always opposite to the whip. I would go so far as to say Miami was the worst defense the Hokies played all year. Thanks. So, it's not surprising that the man's personality matches his philosophy when it comes to dual reads in offensive football. The reason why they can adapt to spread offenses reasonably well is because of the player they put at the hybrid position. The primary reason why more teams dont try to run this type of scheme is because of the inability to find the two swing players however, and you need them to play against spread teams. The Gap Defense is grounded in a simple concept. I am not sure where Antoine fits, but I find it hard to believe he will beat out Maddy with Maddy's excellent spring. Youll see how they get away with that in coverage later. He was on a roll at the start of last season and his recovery is going really well. Even the best (Brown- moved to LB, Worilds- moved to LB, Tapp- non-descript backup, Engleberger-bust, Moore- bust, Price- nada) didn't make an impact. 8 Ohio State with schemes used by Defensive Coordinator Bud Foster,. Watkins is usually Fieldside. Love the in-depth analysis. Most college teams are not that good, but if the Hokies want to win a NC we will have to face that caliber of offense. They made popular the "G" front and took the 1985 Bears 46 defensive front as a compliment, which Tech would call the "Tuff" package. 46 does not stand for 4 DL and 6 LBs, the name is derived from the player Buddy Ryan used to play one of the attacking LB positions. Five star get after it 100 percent Juice Key-Playing. To the uneducated eye, the defense features two ends, two tackles, three linebackers, two safeties, and two corners just like a traditional NFL style 4-3, but Foster turns the 4-3 concept on its ear. VT shifts their G front to the Field side as well into a 4-3, whether its weak or strong, which gives them 3 fronts in the base package. From the formation, they know the passing strength of the offense and based on that they will slide their respective alignments accordingly (still within the basic alignments defined by ball position). 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