OK well that battle goes to Wake because unless we change coaches before Saturday you'll see a balanced attack. These coaches are completely dedicated to it no matter what is going on in the game. It's happened over and over. We get behind and just refuse to make adjustments. It happened in Greenville a few weeks ago. Play calling in the 4th quarter and the end of game situation was mind boggling. Sometimes I think every play call is scripted before hand.
Hey Wuffey, how good is your O-line?
Yes the schedule has been embarrassing.
Just OK. We try and compensate with quick handoffs and quick passes. Wake's DL probably wins that battle. However I think our DL wins against your OL. So not sure how that ends up. Hinton's running ability and toughness would have been a game changer against our front 7. We couldn't tackle Summers from ECU even when we knew he was going to run.
All Wake has to do is get to the fourth Quarter in a close game. That's when you count on the Wolfpack for personal fouls, late hits, and other bad penalties. They can't take the pressure.
I think our D-line will wreak havoc. They haven't seen a D-line like ours yet, but then again we haven't seen a D-line like theirs. Like a few said above, no idea what to make of that.
According to Football Study Hall's "havoc rate", it backs up what the "eye test" has shown/read on here:
Defensive Line - 4th
LB- 36th
Secondary - 126th
Part of what makes State click on offense is not their explosiveness, but how well they stay on schedule (62nd in Explosiveness, 7th in "staying on schedule"). If our defensive line can win the battle on first down and get them off schedule then that will help take a lot of pressure off of our secondary.
I think our D-line will wreak havoc. They haven't seen a D-line like ours yet, but then again we haven't seen a D-line like theirs. Like a few said above, no idea what to make of that.
Last year we averaged 52 to your 48 penalty yards per game. This year 39 to your 36. Stats don't support your argument. I can think of one personal foul this year for one of our DL removing his helmet before leaving the field. I think you may be thinking back to the Amato years.
According to Football Study Hall's "havoc rate", it backs up what the "eye test" has shown/read on here:
Defensive Line - 4th
LB- 36th
Secondary - 126th
Part of what makes State click on offense is not their explosiveness, but how well they stay on schedule (62nd in Explosiveness, 7th in "staying on schedule"). If our defensive line can win the battle on first down and get them off schedule then that will help take a lot of pressure off of our secondary.
According to Football Study Hall's "havoc rate", it backs up what the "eye test" has shown/read on here:
Defensive Line - 4th
LB- 36th
Secondary - 126th
Part of what makes State click on offense is not their explosiveness, but how well they stay on schedule (62nd in Explosiveness, 7th in "staying on schedule"). If our defensive line can win the battle on first down and get them off schedule then that will help take a lot of pressure off of our secondary.
Yeah, it's sort of like State fans continue to think of Wake "chop" blocking even though that was over a decade ago with Grobe. (And if State ever hired a coach using a cut-blocking scheme your fans would be super hyped up over it.)
Yeah, it's sort of like State fans continue to think of Wake "chop" blocking even though that was over a decade ago with Grobe. (And if State ever hired a coach using a cut-blocking scheme your fans would be super hyped up over it.)
Our d-line would look nasty against W&M, ECU and ODU.