Odom is pretty old school when it comes just to putting teams to sleep after a big lead. Last year our secondary was soooo bad that we had to gunsling every week to stay in games. Maybe that's what people are expecting. We basically played all zone in the second half with a ton of cover 3 and cover 4.
Our DL isn't creating a lot of pass rush, but it is slightly better than last year. But a lot of that is down to scheme in a 3-3-5 or a 3-2-6 which is what we run most of the time--with the difference really being where Jet Elad is positioned. Those fronts count on the down lineman to control two gaps and THEN pass rush and that's part of the reason that Elad and Woody and Baldwin get to fly to the ball and make plays in the run game. But it's rare to have a 5 technique end that is a great pass rusher, and while you have seen some 0 technique DTs that can get that done, they don't come around very often.
Cuse beat us with a ton of 5 yard routes. USU was getting much deeper shots in the zone with 7 yard sit downs and post and corner route packages to stress those middle zones overlaps and holes in the zone that are only there if they have both the time to pass and your coverage is not jumping route.
