Arizona defense in for long night against Mississippi pass attack
Bulldogs threw for 450 yards in opener Arizona pulled out a joker to handle San Diego State’s run-heavy offense, but to beat Mike Leach’s air attack it’s going to need a whole deck of wild cards. Defensive coordinator Johnny Nansen regularly used five defensive linemen in the season opener, part of a package called “Joker” that was meant to plug up run lanes and stifle SDSU’s mobile quarterback. Don’t expect to see much of that in Saturday’s home opener against a Mississippi State offense that threw for 450 yards in its first game. “When you go against (Leach’s) offense you…
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