FSU linemen are taught to get up field and cause havoc. That is not a two gap system. Our DLinemen are expected to engage the Oline and play two gaps. That is not UM football. Kids in south Florida play one gap since pop warner, no wonder no elite DLineman wants to play for this coaching staff.
This is completely incorrect. They 2 gap alot at FSU. They copied Bama. Pattern match zone teams can't be as aggressive on the DL because DBs are in man coverage alot. FSU Gets Sack From Blitzing LBS and DBs.
they 2 gap or control blokcers all the time against mobile QBs to control rush lanes. Goldman was drafted as a NG for the bears new 3-4.
Ever hear Sabans rant about how sacks stats don't really matter???
From the fsu sbnation site...
Florida State isn't always trying to sack the*QB
FSU's goal is to play very tight, aggressive coverage, and to have the QB get rid of the ball quickly, often before he is ready to do so. Against mobile QBs, the added goal is to keep them in the pocket.
The way FSU accomplishes this is to*not*have the defensive linemen rush wildly at the QB, opening up big lanes through which the QB can scramble. Instead, FSU's defensive linemen are typically trying to squeeze the pocket, controlling a gap (sometimes two) through which the QB can run, pushing blockers back, making it smaller and giving the QB less room to operate. It's all about the controlled rush, which prevents the unpredictable situation of a QB running around.
“When it’s there, it’s there. When it’s not in your gap, it ain’t there,” Fisher said. “It’s called discipline. People say, ‘You don’t rush the passer.’ If you rush upfield, you give running lanes for a running quarterback. When you match routes down the field in man-to-man like we do in coverage — which is why we get all them interceptions — and you break out, the quarterback runs for 30 yards.
“You can’t say, ‘Go sack the quarterback and cover everybody on the back end.’ The way you match up zone coverages, that doesn’t all tie together. All those things, understanding what coverage you’re in, how you rush, other times, you’ll be in spot zone, you can go rush the quarterback. It’s like in run control. When it’s there, and it comes to your gap, and you can disengage and not give up a gap, then you disengage and make a play.”
Fox sports article from a former DL before the Auburn-FSU game...
Florida State’s defensive line is built to stop the run. The 'Noles up front are big, aggressive and talented. They’re also well-coached and among the best technicians I’ve seen on tape at the collegiate level this season.
Defensive tackles Timmy Jernigan, Eddie Goldman and Jacobbi McDaniel
most often use the “2-gap technique.” That’s a technique where hulking, Sumo-like linemen are taught to engage in the martial art of hand-fighting with the offensive lineman across from them, unlike smaller interior linemen in different schemes who are taught to use quickness to penetrate a single gap.
The interior defensive linemen in FSU’s scheme are often assigned to not one, but two gaps (those on either side of them). At the snap, they are taught to do four things:
1) Punch the chest plate of the offensive lineman to stand him up
2) Control him by “grabbing some cloth” (jersey)
3) Keep extension so the offensive lineman can’t engulf him
4) “Club,” “rip” or “snatch” the offensive lineman to shed the block and close off either gap when the first opposite color shows. (That opposite color could be the ball carrier or another blocker, such as an adjacent offensive lineman trying to chip and climb to one of the linebackers or a pulling offensive lineman trying to get through the line to block one of the linebackers.)
When interior defensive linemen execute this technique properly, it prevents offensive linemen from getting to the second level to block the linebackers, who can then run freely and make plays.
