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The New Baylor Defense: A Basic Primer

New Defensive Coordinator Phil Snow hasn’t said much about the new defense, but one point he has emphasized is that the new defense will be “more multiple than the past.”

Phil Bennett was a disciple of the Quarters match scheme. There wasn’t a lot of variance schematically, instead it relied on repetition and consistency. It’s a solid scheme for the Big XII and CFB in general, as Pete Carroll, Charlie Strong and others have found it can be difficult to teach college players (with the constraints of practice time) multiple defensive sets. However, Rhule and Snow’s results at Temple (at least after year one) show that they can be successful with a more complicated and multiple defense.