Don’t fear the odd front, Hurricanes fans

Mario Cristobal is putting together his coaching staff and a common thread there is the odd front defense. Coach Cristobal deployed an odd front with the Oregon Ducks, and became accustomed to an odd front during his time in Tuscaloosa with the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Jimmy Johnson, the man credited with the rise of the 4-3 Over defense throughout college football and the NFL, was an odd front defensive coordinator at Pitt and Arkansas. Johnson’s early teams ran the 5-2 defense when the landscape of college football was a ground-and-pound and option world.

Once in Coral Gables, Johnson adapted the defense into a 4-3 look to ensure he was focusing on speed, what the talent pool in South Florida…