D1 Head Coach in Texas today in a text:
“The idea I won’t recruit a high school player is stupid! 100% I will recruit a HS player IF they are good enough. The issue is that most aren’t good enough to contribute day one and if they are good enough they aren’t available. I’ll take a HS, JUCO, International, D2, D3, NAIA, ABC, 123, or wherever else they come from IF I think they can help us win”.
MIKE LEACH ON EMBRACING HARD
"Nothing is really fun unless it's hard ...
You're pushing yourself. All of a sudden you're making great plays.
You're doing things that you've never done before...
Never hope that it's easy."
~ via @WSUCougarFB and @DrewMaddox
Nick Saban - Rip/Liz Match
- 1 High Man Match Cover 3 (Strong Rotation) or Cover 6 (Weak Rotation)
Corners
- Responsible for #1 unless short or under within the first 5 yards.
- If #1 is short within the first 5 yards, CB gives a smash call to the curl flat player & matches #2 vertical.
Flat Defenders
- If your man is vertical in the seam, then you match him.
- If your man goes under, make an under call and zone off to the curl flat.
- Come off #2 vertical and match #1 short if you get a smash call from the corner.
- Come off #2 vertical versus a fast #3. "We're playing zone versus a fast 3."
Hook Defenders
- Must take #3 thru unless given an under call.
- Saban started running Rip/Liz after 1994 in order to deal with the vertical seams + out route combinations vs 3 Deep Zone (lost 3 games to the Pittsburgh Steelers).