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Article: The Field General: ; Ron Dayne may win the Heisman Trophy, but he doesn't call the shots like Pennington
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- December 10, 1999
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HUNTINGTON - five linemen, three wideouts, a slot receiver, a
tailback and a quarterback.
That last dot is Chad Pennington, who is standing next to the
board, armed with a red felt marker, drawing a defense. The last
guys he draws are labeled, "FS" and "SS," denoting the free and
strong safeties on the defense.
"If we're expecting them to come out in a cover-two, like this,
but instead they come out like this," Pennington says. He rearranges
the safeties before continuing, "Now they're in a cover-three. But
it's not a big deal because I can just change the receivers' numbers
a little and have them run four verticals instead of sending the
back into the flat."
Now he draws four straight ...