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So, I've been doing a little reading about this. Apparently, the 3-3-5 is kind of like the triple option in that few major college football teams run it. It is something that smaller schools that need an advantage in the X's and O's try to run. SDSU is most well known for the defense, and they've been running it a long time. They've built a Mountain West dynasty of sorts by running this defense. Other schools more recently such as Arizona State, Iowa State (under Campbell), Mississippi State (under Leach's new DC who was formerly at SDSU), and Michigan (Don Brown) have tried running it. It is apparently really good at disguising coverages because it is hard to know what the "Aztec" LB/safety hybrid in the middle is going to do, and you don't know where the 4th rusher is going to come from and whether or not the Aztec is going to be in the box or not. The two OLB's are kind of like bucks (LB/DE hybrids) because they blitz a lot, so it could be a decent defense for Florida given the number of bucks Grantham recruited and lack of good DL recruiting we've seen throughout the years at UF.
With the rise of spread offenses why haven't more Power 5 teams given this defense a look? What are the downsides of UF grabbing a DC who runs a scheme like this?
With the rise of spread offenses why haven't more Power 5 teams given this defense a look? What are the downsides of UF grabbing a DC who runs a scheme like this?