View from the East: On 9/5 I had the pleasure of attending the Syracuse game in a sold-out "electrified" Dome and was amazed...as were other Eastern Gopher fans in my area...by the constant rotation of very large, talented and fast Gopher DL personnel throughout the game. Despite a very hot environment at field level (no AC in the CD), the Gophers had fresh DL legs in the game continually bringing constant QB pressure throughout...especially in the crucial 3/4Q's relentlessly grinding down the Orange OL...they were held to minimal yards rushing and scoreless in the 2nd half.
That massive and dynamic rotation has continued through the first three games and has been coached for a high level of performance at AXE time.
What seems apparent is that Cos/Lee have the smarts and experience to switch up two-deep plus DL personnel in various cleverly designed 4/3 and 3/4 packages to emphasize strength at the nose, run stuffing power at the point of attack, gap control, line shifting, bull rushing, speed rushing, sack stunting, ball hawking/stripping and any combination of the above depending on the situation as they make in-game adjustments to opposition offensive tendencies and field position situations.
What a DL weapon versus previous years and an absolute nightmare of no-letdown mayhem for opposition OLs and their coordinators.
