Now the 'Noles have one last gasp, and they fall short, but the Hurricanes had dropped back into that same soft defense. I've never yet talked to a defensive player who likes that kind of strategy. The problem is that eight men in coverage guard an area, and DBs have told me that they never get up for that. The challenge is to shut down a player. And the receivers were going through those post-like defenders Saturday like flies through a chain link fence.
Life is weird.
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