Review: Has the Window Closed for Michigan State? The Growth, Dominance, and Future of the Spartan Defense

In January, Ian Boyd sounded the alarm about disrespect within the Spartan fan base when he signaled that the Michigan State's streak may have come to an end.

Conclusion: Are the windows closed for the state of Michigan ?

I don't necessarily think Boyd needed to call MSU football extinct with his article. However, it's understandable that MSU fans, who have heard the same rally call over and over for nearly a decade, have been trying to take it down. However, in doing so, I think some relevant points have been lost. In this article, I will discuss my thoughts in Boyd's article, where I agree with him and where I want to expand his thinking.

A brief history of Spartan defense
Pat Narduzzi, then LB coach, created the seeds for his version 4 cover defense with Scott Schaefer at the University of Rhode Island . Schaefer, who at the time was the coach of the DB of the Rams, would later repeat the discovery, among other things, in Michigan under Rich Rod (season 1) and almost in Maryland under DJ Darkin. Meanwhile, Narducci has brought what he has developed with him to Cincinnati, where he will be the defensive coordinator under new manager Mark Dantonio. Dantonio's success as DC of the OSU was mainly Cover 1 and Cover 3 defense (and usually multi-attack defense), but he was able to get the developing defensive spirit to roll the dice with this backbone. defensive. The new wave of The Wheels is accelerating the development of one of the most successful and influential defensive schemes in recent college football.

However, the success was not immediate. In 2005, Cincinnati created one of the worst resistances in college football, where a year ago it fell to a single shoddy defense. The defense seemed to be going in the wrong direction for the Bearcats when in 2006, during Dantonios' last season at UC, the defense suddenly entered the top 25.

Dantonio compared the success of his program in Cincinnati to working as a head coach at the state of Michigan and moved most of his staff, including Narduzin, to East Lansing to restore the foundation that had been laid in southern Michigan. , Ohio. Again, success was not immediate. In his first season, the defensive side of the ball showed little improvement and often allowed for great plays, especially in passing. His second season was almost the same. Season 3 showed a little more promise on the defensive side, but the Bearcats failed to make the significant leap they had made before under this coaching staff. Problem: Especially in the case of defense, there was no defensive talent to back up success with such a plan.

But Narduzji had great luxury. As can be seen, Dantonio was known as one of the top DB coaches in college football, having trained in the state of Michigan in the 1990s under DB professor Nick Saban. Dantonio also had a lot of fun. The Spartans haven't had consistent success for decades (although Saban's last few years before moving to LSU were very promising), so he had time. The fact that the third year didn't produce the desired defensive results didn't stop the two defensive minds from moving forward with a plan they believed in. And so, in 2010, they turned into a good defense and turned that success into a dominance streak that would last from 2011 to 2013, where they recorded their top 10 defenses each year. And it's not that 2014 and 2015 didn't fall on the defense map, they weren't as influential as previous years. But since that pivotal year, not everything has been the same.

For a long time the teams looked at Spartan Cape, saw two CBs on a proverbial island and decided it was a weak spot in the defense and attacked there. Fans shouted at the coaching staff to help the CBs from outside. Michigan attacked heavily isolated CB to identify the late TD comeback, which looks like a streak that will last forever. Fans weren't too happy with this crazy plan. This problem appears to be recurring, often at the hands of Notre Dame rivals. But in 2011 most of the problems seem to have been solved. Dantonio did his magical practice at the DB and brought 2-star recruits somewhere for one of the best defenders in the country. Notre Dame kept the same game plan in 2013. Since they managed to take their only defeat to MSU in the 2013 season, a season that would end in a Rose Bowl win, they have now managed to wipe out the throw to the side or to score and ask for an intervention ( sometimes suspiciously ) instead of a passing decision. Teams relied heavily on old ideas to beat Cover 4's classic coverage , e.g. Follow the path from Nr to Route 2 and take cover by attacking and honest. But according to the Cover 4 Beater Cheat Sheet, none of these things worked well enough.

Because Michigan state coverage is not like the old 4 quarter coverage. Security is not deep, CBs are not working properly, it is not your curse for TV resistance protection.

Gio. MSU has its own safety device which digs the heels 8 feet from the LOS. CB plays with the press. It has a 9 player box that attacks downhill and extra defenders are ready when attacking. But that is not all. Narduzji created a simplified diagram, but a complete diagram. Instead of telling his defenders to do something, he cut down on what his players had to do. He implemented a blitz system that could use 0 cover or a pressure zone consisting of 3 heights and 2 landings . It worked with 3 DL Down or 4 DL Down and the double spread highlighted a pattern they used brilliantly. In each of these schemes, your defenders performed and performed almost the same tasks as your base. And because it was simple in nature, they were able to do it faster, ready to deal with it faster than the breach, faster, and better than the breach could be done. When Iowa increased the speed of the Spartans, the ability to do so allowed Derkez Denard to receive an in-flight call, switch coverage from MEG to MOD (both cover 4 models) , and receive an INT key.

Defenders of the MSU didn't need multiple college football degrees to be successful, but they needed a doctorate. It was a defense that grew deep, not deep. And it was still evolving. And this was the key to its success.

This window is closed
The most important concept that emerges from Boyd's article is the idea of ​​attacking slot guards. I just talked about how the robbers first attacked the MSU as their Big 4 cover. It was wrong. When CBs are on an island, their tactics and position on the pitch require them to make long, downward shots to take advantage of their isolation. At the college level, many quarterbacks fight to be thrown into the narrow window next to them. The wing's limited strength and accuracy allow CBs to win most of these games with good tactics. So while WR continued to "roll out", Violations failed to achieve continued success with these "broadcast" receivers. On paper, the attack coordinators continue to watch the game, a game they "won" and just want a good death sentence. But on paper it's a theoretical world, you really should be able to perform, and most teams have done no better than the Spartans in this game.

But the parties began to adapt. The package and travel structure has become more regular. In 2014, the Oregon Spartans offered a number of different travel formations to defeat the defense . Suddenly, these teams are starting to take advantage of some of the defense's weaknesses, such as the inability to communicate against traveling formations ...

And disconnect the receivers in a more manageable location. One way to do the latter is to keep the lower defenders on their feet with a fake play and remove the safety support.

Another method is to take advantage of the difficulty of playing it safe in this scheme and any running / crossing conflicts that arise.

None of this can be done with in-game action or, more recently, with the jogging option (RPO), which is a favorite in college football today (and will remain so until someone illegal is called out of business. field). And the teams that have been successful against MSU have consistently attacked those weak spots. This is the point of Boyd's article. There are plans to succeed against MSU. Now you might say "but that success is limited to the Big Ten". Yes, there are at the moment.

So can the MSU still bring out the big ten?

No, they don't do the same thing. Other teams are incorporating upgraded gear, particularly those that have been successful against the Spartans, such as Oregon, OSU, Baylor, and Alabama. The last group on this list is the symbol of today's "pro-style" attack and they were able to incorporate these aspects into their attack. Even the toughest teams, like Michigan, who used a team of 21, 22 and 12 in attack, figured out how to attack in this isolated safety game.

Iowa figured out how to take advantage of the power supply.

In this game they repeatedly and successfully performed that quick pass against Blitz MSU 3 high and 2 low packs. And yes, most of it is about the drivetrain components, but that's what Boyd does. Not all teams are developed enough to attack or lack QB to exploit the weak links in MSU defense. But the good teams have improved and will continue to improve.

Why is this something that I feel comfortable stating as true? Although MSUs have been successful, more defenses have copied them. Narduzzi criticized the USO for "stealing" the defense when they won the national championship. Obviously, the defense of Buckeye's base (which Ash appears to have brought with him to Rutgers) relies heavily on the state of Michigan. Football is a cat imitation game. People always copy and apply the best aspects of football.

So now that you have Rutgers, OSU, Michigan State, Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern, etc., all of these teams are spearheading Michigan State defense diversification. They are not all one, some simply borrow the elements to build their foundation, aggressively manage it as an MSU, but the truth remains that Spartan Defense College has poured into football. And the works adapt to it. It used to be that offenders didn't apply a ton of their game to a team. But if half of the team he faces has the same weakness, they will almost certainly apply those aspects to their offensive roster.

We have seen it in football from time to time. The aerial and vertical attacks of cover 4 came as counterattacks from 4. Soap created his pattern-matching scheme due to his inability to stop all four tops of cover 3. Tampa 2 was primarily a response to a growing attack on the west coast. The response of the OMD was to close the covers one by one, covering many short and fast routes. Watch the spread of the Rich Rod reading option, which was very simple in West Virginia: read DE, you have a bubble on your back. It worked like magic and no one could stop it until they did. They performed scratch operations and trap covers outside to eliminate QB reads. And Rich Rod had to evolve. Had to add an intermediate version of the Game Options game. And among them is OSU Power Spread, which honestly has very few reads and is a pro-style insult that most don't want to admit. The only winged protection against feral cats for retention. The game of chess comes and goes forever as the two sides collide and the two sides continue to evolve. And, of course, it all comes together in a circle.

And that's the point, the MSU defense won't be as successful if it keeps moving forward. I can't because attacks are always against what successful defenders do.

What does it mean?

প্রথমত, এর অর্থ কী নয়: এর মানে এই নয় যে মিশিগানের বন্ধ হয়ে গেছে। এর মানে হল স্পার্টানদের অবশ্যই বিবর্তিত হতে হব ????

Vayante Copeland ফিল্ম (2015 প্রতিশ্রুতিবদ্ধ কিন্তু ত্রুটিপূর্ণ ত্রুটিপূর্ণ rs fr) অন্য একটি অংশের যা আমি আমি করছি করছি করছি করছি উন্মোচন উন্মোচন উন্মোচন করা করা আমাকে বলা বলা যে যে গত বছর অনেক অনেক বেশি এলাকা ছিল ।। ছিল ছিল ছিল ছিল ছিল ছিল ছিল ছিল ছিল ছিল ছিল ছিল ছিল ছিল ছিল ছিল ছিল তারা অনেক বেশি MOD কভারেজ ব্যবহার করেছে। এটি অবশ্যই, তাদের বিচ্ছিন্ন ম্যাচে উভয় নিরাপত্তা রক্ষা করতে সাহায্য করে (তারা বিচ্ছিন্ন হয় না যদি নম্বর 1 উল্লম্বকে হুমকি হুমকি না) এবং কিছু পরিমাণে CB. দলগুলি ফ্ল্যাটগুলিতে আরও বেশি আক্রমণ করেছিল করেছিল এবং এবং স্পার্টানরা তুলনায় একটি নিরবচ্ছিন্ন বলের দেখায় দেখায় দেখায় দেখায় কিন্তু এটি একটি একটি যা ইতিমধ্যে তৈরি করেছে করেছে ।।।।।।।।।।। যদিও আমি নিশ্চিত নই যে এটি যথেষ্ট।

দুটি জিনিস আমি দেখতে চাই বুকিজের প্রতি অনুগ্রহ ফিরিয়ে দেবে। Buckeyes প্রায়ই তাদের গভীরতম আশ্বাস খেলা. তারা los- এর কাছাকাছি তাদের নিরাপত্তার জন্য তাদের সুবিধাজনক সুবিধাজনক করার আশা না না না না কিন্তু বল সত্যিই তাদের স্তরে তাদের তাদের 5 মিটার হস্তক্ষেপ অনুমতি দেয় দেয় ।।।।।।।।।।।।।। এটি এই সত্যটির উপর আরও জোর দেয় যে সামনের 7 দৌড়ের বিরুদ্ধে শক্তিশালী শক্তিশালী শক্তিশালী ফলে শিকলের পিছনে ভেঙে যায় না না তবে বড় বড় প্রতিরোধে সহায়তা ।।।।।।।।।।।। আমি আশা করি না যে স্পার্টানরা সব সময় এটি করবে করবে তবে তবে তবে খারিজ করার জন্য এটি চমৎকার পরিবর্তন পরিবর্তন পরিবর্তন এমনকি যদি দৌড়ে উড়ে যাওয়ার আগে সংক্ষিপ্তভাবে প্রত্যাহার করা বিলের বিলের সাথে)।)

ওহিও স্টেট তার লাইটনিং প্যাকেজে দ্বিতীয় যে কাজটি করে করে যা যা এটি নারদুজ্জির কাছ ধার করেছে করেছে করেছে তা তা প্রচুর কভারেজ কভারেজ কভারেজ 6 ব্যবহার করে যার 3 উচ্চ 3 নিম্ন নিম্ন যদি স্পার্টানরা এই দিকটি ব্যবহার করে করে, তাদের 5 টি কভারেজ (3 টি উচ্চ এবং 2 টি নিচু), আক্রমণটি তাদের শট পূর্বনির্ধারিত পারে এবং সরাসরি কভারে করতে পারে পারে। পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে পারে ব্লিটজ দ্রুত সিদ্ধান্ত নিতে বাধ্য করে করে অতিরিক্ত অতিরিক্ত আক্রমণ করার জন্য এলাকার পরিবর্তন করে ।। এটা আপত্তিকর সম্পর্কে চিন্তা অন্য জিনিস.

অন্য বিকল্প, যা সম্পূর্ণরূপে বাতিল করা নয় নয়, প্রস্থ বৃদ্ধি শুরু হয় ।। এটি একটি ঝুঁকি, এমন একটি দর্শন থেকে প্রস্থান সাম্প্রতিক বছরগুলিতে MSU প্রতিরক্ষাকে এত সফল ।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।। তবে এটি একটি প্রয়োজনীয় পদক্ষেপ হতে পারে। সামান্য কভার 1 যোগ করলে স্পার্টানদের বাইরে থেকে পুরুষদের দ্বারা থাকতে দেয়, তবে একটু ভিন্ন প্রয়োজন ।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।। ।।। তাই প্রতিরক্ষাকে আরও কিছু করতে শিখতে হবে। কিন্তু দ্বিতীয় স্পার্টানকে কাটিয়ে ওঠার যে যে "আঘাতজনক" সংমিশ্রণগুলি করা হয়েছে আর সফল নয় ।। নিয়মিত এটি ব্যবহার করা এই চির গেমটিতে গেমটিতে আপনাকে রাখতে যথেষ্ট হতে পারে।

সত্যি কথা বলতে কি, মিশিগান রাজ্যের বিকাশ অব্যাহত রাখতে হবে এমন ছাড়া আমার কাছে একটি নির্দিষ্ট নেই নেই আপনি শান্ত থাকতে পারবেন না এই খেলায় সফল থাকার আশা করতে ।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।। বেছে নেওয়ার জন্য প্রচুর বিকল্প এবং এবং নিশ্চিতভাবে তারা তারা সঠিক পরিকল্পনা এবং সেই বিকল্পগুলি পরিচালনা করে তবে তারা কলেজ কলেজ সেরা প্রতিরক্ষা পারে পারে ।।।।।।।।। কিন্তু এর সাথে ঝুঁকি আসে সেই ঝুঁকিটি পরিচালনা করা দরকার। সৌভাগ্যবশত স্পার্টানদের জন্য, যখন নারদুজ্জি পিটে চলে গেছে, তাদের কাছে এখনও এবং তার দুর্দান্ত প্রতিরক্ষা ক্ষমতা ক্ষমতা; সম্ভবত বুকিজ থেকে চুরি করার তার হল কলম্বাসে থাকাকালীন থাকাকালীন কী সফল করেছিল তার কিছুটা করা ।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।।। দেখা যাবে.

তবে এটি সবই ফিরে আসে যা প্রথমে নারদুজ্জির আক্রমণ এতটা এতটা সফল: এটি একটি প্রয়োজনীয়তা থেকে হয়েছিল হয়েছিল এবং দেশের সেরা প্রতিরক্ষা বিকশিত বিকশিত হতে থাকে এই বিবর্তন ভবিষ্যতে অব্যাহত রাখতে হবে।