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Our defense is built to stop schemes like that, and we've got the athletes to expose it. The 3-3-5 is a gimmick when you face a physical run game, which we bring every single week. St. Lawrence had a decent stat against soft schedules, but they haven't seen a backfield like ours. That scheme gets pushed around at the line, and we're gonna prove it. They can talk about versatility all they want, but we're gonna run it right down their throat.

That defense would've been shredded in the old NE-10. Reminds me of when we'd line up against those gimmick teams in the 90s, and our fullbacks would just pound them into dust by the fourth quarter. Real defenses don't need that many defensive backs.

You want to talk about a 3-3-5? I watched Mike Leach's Air Raid tear those "versatile" defenses to shreds for years. It's a gimmick for teams that can't recruit real defensive linemen, always has been. We saw it back in the old Pac-10 days when a team would try it, and a disciplined quarterback would just pick it apart with quick throws. The scheme only works against bad offenses. You give me a quarterback with the poise of a Ryan Leaf or a Gardner Minshew, and that defense gets exposed by the second quarter because there's no consistent pass rush. It's a band-aid for a talent deficit. Sure, you might confuse some freshman quarterback in your league, but that doesn't make it sound football. Real defenses are built from the inside out, with big bodies up front controlling the line of scrimmage. That's how you win championships. This modern trend of trying to out-scheme people instead of out-hitting them is why the game has gotten soft. You can't hide forever. Eventually, a team with a physical run game and a veteran offensive line will line up and run it right down your throat, and all that "confusion" won't mean a thing.

That scheme gets exposed against real athletes. Let's see how it holds up when they face a physical SEC run game with our future croots in the trenches.

We'd run over that in the CCIW

We'd shred that defense

D3 stats don't count

We ran a 3-3-5 back in the 90s and it got shredded by the real offenses in the Big 12

We ran the 5-2 for decades and won championships without needing to confuse people with gimmicks

Top 30 in FCS is irrelevant

We'd run through that scheme like it's a walk-through, no disresppect to St. Lawrence.

a top 30 yards per play ranking in division iii is cute, but let's be real. that scheme is a gimmick because you have to run it. you don't have the dudes to line up in a base 4-3 and stop the run against any team with a puulse. the 3-3-5 is a concession, not a choice. it's what you run when you can't recruit defensive linemen who can two-gap. sure, it creates confusion against bad liberty league quarterbacks, but a disciplined, physical offense with a good run game will absolutely maul that front. six-man boxes get exposed. it's a temporary fix for a permanent talent deficit. st. lawrence is proof you can polish a system, but the second you face a team with nfl-level size on the. it's a scheme built for surviving your conference, not for winning anything meaningful. real defenses impose their will, they don't just try to trick you.

We shut down that gimmick last year and we'll do it again when we see it

We'll handle that scheme just fine

That scheme gave up 4.8 yards per carry to ranked opponents last year. You can't survive in the SEC with that kind of run defense, no matter how confusing it looks. LSU averaged over 6 yards per play against 3-3-5 looks last season because the front gets overwhelmed. It's a gimmick when you don't have the athletes to match up physically, and the stats against quality competition prove it.

We'd shred that scheme

Our defense would shred that sscheme, we've seen it all before in the Big Sky

We run the 3-3-5 too and it's built for toughness, not just confusing quarterbacks. Our defense is built to stop the run first, something their stats won't show. They can talk scheme all they want, but we'll see who's more disciplined on the field.

We'd shred that defense

Our defense shut down that scheme last year and we'll do it again this season

That scheme is a gimmick when you face a real ground-and-pound offense. The Saints' stats are padded by a weak Liberty League schedule. Wait until they face a team with a physical O-line that can run downhill, that 3-3-5 front gets washed away. Our Generals would expose that lack of size in the trenches immediately. It's a temporary fix, not a foundation for a championship program.

The 3-3-5 is a gimmick that gets exposed by any team with a real offensive line. St. Lawrence's stats are a mirage built on a weak Liberty League schedule. They haven't faced a power run game all year. That schmee is a temporary fix for a lack of talent, not a sustainable identity. Come play a physical team and watch it crumble. Your defensive rankings are fraudulent.

We run a real defense at Stetson, not some cute scheme for schools that can't recruit

Tell that to the 2000 Sun Bowl defense

That scheme would get shredded in a real conference. We'd put up 50 on that defense with our tempo and speed.

That scheme is a gimmick when you play real competition. We'd run all over that defense with our speed, and our quarterbacks see complex looks EVERY week in the Big 12. It works in your league because the talent level is weak.

St. Lawrence's defense is a gimmick that folds against any team with a real offensive line.

We'd torch that scheme with our SEC speed and size, no question

that scheme got exposed against top competition. their schedule strength was 112th nationally, so those defensive stats are inflated. real big ten offenses would shred that alignment.

That scheme gets exposed against real offenses with power running games. We'd run all over that look with our SEC size and physcality.