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A significant part of the offensive scheme Army uses is the cut-blocking that defensive linemen and linebackers despise. No position is more of a target than the nose tackle, so SMU's Marquis Frazier visited with PonyFans.com to discuss the blocking he and the SMU defense will have to deal with Dec. 30 in the Armed Forces Bowl, and how the Ponies are preparing for it.

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I like his line....'kick this dudes butt'...he will be fine...Army hasn't had to play someone like Frazier this year....they will have their hands full.

It's also a good thing we can roll three or four guys in at the position.
Hopefully Frazier and the others can wear those guys out.
Very insightful interview. Thanks.

if cut blocking is illegal why don't army and navy get called for it. it can cause serious injury to an offensive player. another reason i hate to play those teams.

Nacho wrote:if cut blocking is illegal why don't army and navy get called for it. it can cause serious injury to an offensive player. another reason i hate to play those teams.

Cut blocking is not illegal. Chop blocking (or clipping) is illegal and is distinct from cut blocking. Cut blocking is taking out someone's legs and is perfectly allowed (most running backs block this way on blitz pick up), Chop blocking is taking out someone's legs while they are engaged with another player, thus in order to draw a flag the player needs to be engaged with an offensive player and have their legs taken out by another offensive player, Army and Navy know what they are doing and rarely do this but it does happen so occasionaly they get flaged.

Football can cause a serious injury to a player no mater how it is played, in fact many of the worst injuries occure when there is no contact, if you don't like that watch something else it will always be part of the game.