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Podcast: Cover 3 College Football Episode: Spring Game Takeaways: Ohio State’s next star WR, grading Bryce Underwood, Darian Mensah shines! Segment: Indiana podcast segment **Actionable Picks / Plays Mentioned** - I don't remember watching their film and being like, "Oh, this is just cover two and cover three, and that's it." They do a lot of They disguise really well. - but I just once he took over, I thought he was just as like his his worst was just as, you know, bad as Drew Allar, and I thought his best was better. **Top Team-Specific Takeaways** - I Can I I don't think it's on the rundown, but before we get into the spring game takeaways, can I give you one? - Bryant Haynes defensive coordinator at Indiana, who is at my absolute It was Bret Bielema. - They say a team takes on the personality of a head coach. - This is just a coordinator taking on the personality of the head coach. - >> levels above us as far as when it comes to like diagnosing a defense. - I also think from a game planning standpoint, and between the three of us, I'm definitely going to be on the low end of the the X's and O's acumen, but I do know that Alabama's offense had flaws. - if I spent weeks preparing for Alabama's offense, I would have said, "Okay, here's the like two things that can't happen, and anything else, sure, right?" And that might have simplified the game plan or simplified the way it was presented t - Thanks to that basic ass defense of his. **Transcript Context** - That all all ways an uphill battle for those Texas Longhorns. - I Can I I don't think it's on the rundown, but before we get into the spring game takeaways, can I give you one? - I just want to tell you guys my new fav follow on X. Transcript excerpt: That all all ways an uphill battle for those Texas Longhorns. I Can I I don't think it's on the rundown, but before we get into the spring game takeaways, can I give you one? I just want to tell you guys my new fav follow on X. Bryant Haynes defensive coordinator at Indiana, who is at my absolute It was Bret Bielema. Like Bret Bielema was out there as a fav follow. Like if there was a favorites list, he would be there. Bryant Haynes just might went right to the top. By And this is such a good word because I've used cute to describe some of the SEC, you know, takes and fandom that's out there. But when he saw Tai Simpson basically calling him basic, I mean, he was like, "We knew everything that was coming." And he did drop in there, "Well, in the SEC, we see a lot more man coverage and more exotic blitzes and different looks. And for Bryant Haines to go out there and say adorable, we also saw everything they were doing on every single snap. It's just that we exploited those cues and didn't get frozen and crushed by them. They say a team takes on the personality of a head coach. This is just a coordinator taking on the personality of the head coach. Weekend of Alabama and Indiana fans yelling at each other online about It's great. I know that you personally have been harmed by the rise of Indiana football and the Indiana football fans that have popped up around you that seemingly were absent for decades upon decades. They're just everywhere now. But for us to get Alabama fans and Indiana fans yelling at each other, that's that's just good stuff. And that was one when we talked about hypothetical like rivalries you want to see. Uh now now this might move top of the list. I want to see Bama Indiana every year. I know that's our cuz isn't Indiana officially a crimson, too? So that cuz there are three crimson teams, right? >> Yeah, crimson and yeah. Crimson So there's there's crimson and cream is Oklahoma. But then I'm pretty sure crimson Yeah, crimson and white is the official. So we got those uh those three right there. I mean like it was kind of a self-own though, wasn't it? Like Ty is like, yeah, they didn't do anything complicated. It's like and they still kicked your ass. You couldn't do anything in that game. And he was kind of complimenting the coaching. Like cuz he was like they were so well disciplined and they were where they were supposed to be every time. I do think the comment that got him was when he said the SEC defenses are tougher to see, you know, and he I think that was what got him cuz even in the comments you saw it was like, well, didn't he compliment the coaching? But Brian Haines didn't take it that way. I will say Ty Simpson is the first person I've heard say that what Indiana did defensively was simple. So, maybe Ty is I know, that's the other thing. >> levels above us as far as when it comes to like diagnosing a defense. I don't >> I would not That's the same thing I thought. Like, I don't remember watching their film and being like, "Oh, this is just cover two and cover three, and that's it." They do a lot of They disguise really well. Yeah, I I think there's a part of it where what they do after the snap might be basic sometimes, but the way that they show it to you is never basic. Like, it's it's hard to figure it out before the snap. So, I don't know, maybe there's something to what he's saying. Maybe Indiana felt like, "We've got this so down what they're doing that we don't really need to put anything special out here. We can just stick and shell stuff and disguise it pre-snap." But, >> [snorts] >> I don't know. Every time I've watched Indiana, basic is not really a word that comes to mind. I also think from a game planning standpoint, and between the three of us, I'm definitely going to be on the low end of the the X's and O's acumen, but I do know that Alabama's offense had flaws. And if I spent weeks preparing for Alabama's offense, I would have said, "Okay, here's the like two things that can't happen, and anything else, sure, right?" And that might have simplified the game plan or simplified the way it was presented to Ty Simpson, because Alabama's offense didn't wasn't so multifaceted with excellence that you had to be concerned for lots of stuff. It's very much like, "Okay, what what are we concerned about? Well, we've got some wide receivers with a lot of speed. All right, let's make sure to keep all that in front of us. The run game stinks, you know, they're not going to be able to to get anything going there." So, I could I could see I haven't gone back to watch the Rose Bowl again recently, but I could see why that could have been presented in that fashion based on the matchup. Um Brian Hains Let's see. Did he end up winning the Broyles? Thanks to that basic ass defense of his. James Franklin is still the head coach at Penn State if Drew Allar didn't come back last year and Ethan Grunkemeyer was the starting quarterback. He did start rough though, his first couple games. Yeah, but I just once he took over, I thought he was just as like his his worst was just as, you know, bad as Drew Allar, and I thought his best was better. What was his Indiana stat line? Um I think he had two picks, but he also I think he was like 21 of 30 or something like that. 230 but it he had a couple picks I think. I think that's right. >> Indiana he was 22 of 31 for 219 yards, one touchdown, one interception. >> have fumbled though in that game I think. But yeah, I just like he he looks more confident stepping in there as a freshman against the team that good at Indiana than Drew Allar was looking in his like fourth year as a starter. Well, he looked he played without fear. Like Allar kind of played afraid to make the big mistake. And like that's like you want that a little bit that early but at some point you got to get through it and cut it loose downfield and he never could do that. Um I we can I don't have like a sort of like robust takeaways but there are a lot more a