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Originally Posted by Dryden
The crew that finished the year was not the crew that stoned Texas or Iowa, though. Anderson Russell in particular, the starting safety, was lost in the Iowa game, and his absence had a ripple effect through the back seven in terms of what schemes could be run, and how the players responded to their assignments in those schemes through the rest of the year. .
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I did not know that. I could see that happening. Reggie Nelson was the glue that made our defense work. "The Erasor", who made up for other mistakes in coverage. We used to say, two thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third by Reggie F-in Nelson.
One guy (or his loss) can make a huge difference in a scheme.