our ends don't penetrate enough to stop the option, and we don't really have a true WILL, most of our safeties are not good one on one tacklers, so look at the perimeter as a weakeness- I think if someone charted the run plays against us, you'd find the average outside the tackles is much higher than between.
A team that can run the option as part of an over all package is something we don't want. I think BO could draw up a defense to stop say a Georgia Tech, but its harder to stop something you may only see 5-6 times a game when it plays to an over-all team weakness. (and when the other team has the backs to do it)
I don't know much about their QB but lets hope he's not too fast
He's not slow, but not fast either. He is no Tommy Frazier.