Nick Saban - Rip/Liz Match - 1 High Man Match Cover 3 (Strong Rotation) or Cover 6 (Weak Rotation) Corners - Responsible for #1 unless short or under within the first 5 yards. - If #1 is short within the first 5 yards, CB gives a smash call to the curl flat player & matches #2 vertical. Flat Defenders - If your man is vertical in the seam, then you match him. - If your man goes under, make an under call and zone off to the curl flat. - Come off #2 vertical and match #1 short if you get a smash call from the corner. - Come off #2 vertical versus a fast #3. "We're playing zone versus a fast 3." Hook Defenders - Must take #3 thru unless given an under call. - Saban started running Rip/Liz after 1994 in order to deal with the vertical seams + out route combinations vs 3 Deep Zone (lost 3 games to the Pittsburgh Steelers).