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Thanks Joe!

Everyone is welcome to attend, just fill out the form.

Nice!!! Excited to put some names to faces other than 757Hokey

I'll defer to French's opinion, but my understanding is the alignments are specific to the 4-4 fronts. Check out this: http://www.playbookexchange.net/playbooks/Defense/02060201-VirginiaTechA... from 1999. Coach Cav had this to say.

The outside linebackers in our eight-man front package are named the "Rover" and the
"Whip." The Rover is our strong safety and the Whip is our weak outside linebacker. The Rover goes to passing strength and the Whip goes away. With the ball on the hash, the Rover goes to the field and the Whip goes to
the boundary. The Rovers physical skills are those of a corner, and the Whips skills are similar to those of a free safety.

In regards to the form, what if we have friends that aren't key play members that would like to come? Is sign up necessary for everybody?

I agree with you, having watched that game, but I would add another point: Carolina controlled the ball, and Garcia played his fanny off and kept Alabama on the defensive. USC flat attacked, held onto the ball, made offensive plays and wore down Alabama with Lattimore, and then Alshon Jeffries had a banner day catching.
Garcia was 17/20 passing and looked like a Heisman candidate that day.

Long time reader, first time poster.

French, my (totally amature) understanding of the defense is that alignments are split into field-side (wide-side) and boundary-side (short-side). Your use of the term "passing strength" seems a bit incongruent with this dichotomy. What adjustments/alignments are you seeing that prompted you to think of rover and whip responsibilities in terms of passing strength (rather than just field and boundary)? Doesn't the whip almost always take the field side?

I am not negative on the game. This is a thread about schemes and strategies. I am no football genius so it might not even work. I played football and other sports and know that if you get tired you make mistakes or get run over. Foster and the D coaches need to have strategies and a game plan to compensate for possible attacking strategies. They need to rotate people in and out to keep them fresh. Individuals need to make plays on the field. We have talent to hang with Bama but if someone gets worn out on a series or in the 4th quarter any scheme will break down. If we can make stops and get the ball back to the O, who can hopefully sustain drives, we will be okay. If we are evenly matched, a couple of big plays, turnovers, or penalties will make the difference in the outcome. I am ready to watch a battle and hope VT comes out the winner. Maybe we can roll the Tide.

Can this please play on the jumbo tron in the Georgia Dome before the game???

You should have replaced "Army" with "Navy" on the shirts...

I just threw up in my mouth a little...

Saddle. Bareback is the way to go, though. Otherwise, horseshoes.