[NotAJerry]

I uderstand what you are saying NotaJerry,,, but if you can do it at the Highschool level, and FBS level and NFL level, it should be able to be done at the FCS level.
Key is #1 above - better recruits... I understand it is easier to build and recruit offensive players.
Defensive players are the real challenge - they need to be able to stop everything (run, pass, speed, power)

We should be able to have enough backups/players that we can switch to a power run D or a pass/prevent D. Seems the last couple years we play ONE D, with small variations.
We did not have the horses, nor play calling to stop SB running game (and everyone knew it was coming), other games, our D-backs got burned.... and we have good DBs... so some of that is the defensive game plan.

I just wonder if there's something to being at the FCS level that keeps the seemingly more limited pool of talented defensive players out of this level.

Even at the NFL level, with the way the rules have changed over the years, the #1 yardage defense is Houston who is giving up 274.9 yd/g. The best scoring defense is SF with 14/g.

I think it's just reality that seeing a top quality defense is the exception now and not the rule. I don't know if more can be hoped for than a team that is opportunistic in causing turnovers.

[sigmo7]

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[Covert Hawk]

I reject the argument that black is thuggish, I just care that it's not our school colors.

Then why did you agree with what Chippy wrote?

[michaeleyou]

I like the idea of white turf and all white uniforms. We'd be like a polar bear in a snow storm - we'd be stealth

I'm rethinking this. Now that we have a new coach can we get rid of the white helmets. Even at the press conference we still show the blue helmets which I like better than the white. Do away with the thug black unis as well.

I agree with you on the helmets. White was a terrible idea!!

[PAmedic]

our defensive scheme for SB was to force the play to the outside. who in the world sets a defense to do that. ... i just thought since we knew they had 2 good backs if we did anything blitz wise it should have came from the outside. not right up the middle. REPEAT I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT COACHING!!!! just an old man and his thoughts. pretty sure i will be shown i'm totaly off base with my thinking. so i will thank you in advance for setting me straight. lol

I know less than you and despite that gotta agree wholeheartedly. WTF no wonder we had issues this year on D. Despite the fact that your kid was a beast out there.

[No Fear]

You definitely don't want to have the backs running north and south, streching a run out east and west is usually what you want your D to do to provide time for the rest of the D to get there, but you need to bring help.
We have a good D. They played NC TOUGH and without all the O mistakes, I think they could have won. But, then in other games against lesser opponents, they looked totally different... I just hope Gill gets a good Defensive coordinator.