“We’ve got to experience these things,” Coombs said. “We’ve got to make these plays. We’ve got to feel ‘em. We’ve got to feel them in practice and change some things up in practice, the way we’re doing some of those things, to give them maybe a little bit more of that kind of exposure on Tuesday and Wednesday rather than Saturday, if that makes sense.” As for the scheme, Ohio State has maintained much of the plan put in place last year by Jeff Hafley, who was only in Columbus for one season before becoming head coach at Boston College. The Buckeyes like to play with one deep safety in the middle of the field, another in the box, two cornerbacks outside and three linebackers on the field behind four defensive linemen. That can put a lot of pressure on one outside linebacker to play man coverage, something teams have…
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