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<blockquote data-quote="TownesVanZandt_rivals" data-source="post: 131485778" data-attributes="member: 1606648">GP goes all the way back.Pretty much turned an oversize safety/undersize LB from Lovington, NM into a Hall of Famer in Brian Urlacher [URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.sbnation.com/a/cfb-preview-2017/nickel-defense[/URL]Back in the late 1990s, a young defensive coordinator named Gary Patterson decided to adjust to offenses with a 4-2-5 base defense, using a fifth defensive back and only two linebackers. His reasoning was not only that it was easier for New Mexico to recruit speed than strength, but that the scheme produced more flexible defenses anyway.For the rest of the college world, the idea of using extra DBs in situations other than third down was a gimmick, something for underdog schools that couldn’t recruit big guys.Now? It’s more or less the accepted standard, even on first down in the Big Ten and SEC. The story of how we got here is tied inextricably to <a href="https://www.sbnation.com/a/cfb-preview-2017/spread-offense">the rise of that other style once dismissed as a gimmick, the spread offense</a>.Nothing about him is overrated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TownesVanZandt_rivals, post: 131485778, member: 1606648"] GP goes all the way back. Pretty much turned an oversize safety/undersize LB from Lovington, NM into a Hall of Famer in Brian Urlacher [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.sbnation.com/a/cfb-preview-2017/nickel-defense[/URL] Back in the late 1990s, a young defensive coordinator named Gary Patterson decided to adjust to offenses with a 4-2-5 base defense, using a fifth defensive back and only two linebackers. His reasoning was not only that it was easier for New Mexico to recruit speed than strength, but that the scheme produced more flexible defenses anyway. For the rest of the college world, the idea of using extra DBs in situations other than third down was a gimmick, something for underdog schools that couldn’t recruit big guys. Now? It’s more or less the accepted standard, even on first down in the Big Ten and SEC. The story of how we got here is tied inextricably to [URL='https://www.sbnation.com/a/cfb-preview-2017/spread-offense']the rise of that other style once dismissed as a gimmick, the spread offense[/URL]. Nothing about him is overrated. [/QUOTE]

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