Putting Nine in the Box

We have been fortunate to achieve an extremely high level of success at Trinity over the past five to seven years. Obviously, there is no one single factor which has allowed us to develop into a consistent winner. Playing with strong special teams, and having an offense which scores 30+ points a game has definitely helped us gain an advantage over our opponents. From the defensive side of the ball, going to our under (\"Tight\") defense has made all the difference in the world from being a strong defensive unit, to one which can completely shut our opponents\' running game down. We have developed into an under defense for a number of reasons. First, and foremost was a crushing defeat in the 1997 NCAA Division III National Playoffs. When we started playing among the national elite of Division III football, we quickly found out that we were much smaller than most everyone else at that