Ask any Notre Dame fan, and they will tell you that by the end of the 2010 season, Notre Dame's defense kicked ass. Ask them why and you'll get a lot of mumbling about how they kicked ass. Ask them why they sucked at the start of the year and you'll get nothing.

Don't bother asking what scheme they run (a 3-4) or heads will explode.

The fact is, if you're Alabama and everyone on your roster weighs 285 and runs a 4.6 40, scheme doesn't really matter. You can run a 1-1-9 and just throw some meat on the field, and you've got a better than even shot at a shutout.

For non-SEC schools that don't negotiate price as part of the recruiting process or have a condo for momma five miles from campus, it's a little more compli...

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