The defensive coaches want their players to play fast and attack the ball.

A big buzz around Cavalier training camp this fall is the move away from the failed experiment called the spread offense to a more conventional pro-style set. The bigger story, however, and the most dramatic change in Virginia football this season is the defense making the switch from Al Groh’s base 3-4 to a 4-3 stack alignment.

Many fans have been calling for this change for some time, some virtually since the day Coach Groh arrived in town. As The Sabre.com takes a look at the new alignment, I am not going to rehash the right/wrong debate but I will spend some time comparing and contrasting the two defensive styles and explaining why this move makes sense.

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