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The Differing Defensive Approaches of the Top CFP Contenders, and Why Ohio State Stands Out in This Crowd

The 'Spread' is here to stay.

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Though it took nearly 15 years to do so, spread offenses have become the norm at every level of football. Whether it's Tom Brady or a 12-year-old lining up at quarterback, there's a good chance he's doing so from a shotgun set with three or more receivers stretched from one sideline to the other.

Once conservative stalwarts like Alabama and Wisconsin finally embraced this wide-open version of offense around the mid-point of the 2010s, nearly every college program in the country (outside of the service academies) began to look more or less the same on that side of the ball.