And Lambert is the DC.Michigan State vs. another Deac assistant, Purdue RB coach Chris Barclay.
https://purduesports.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/chris-barclay/2039
And Lambert is the DC.Michigan State vs. another Deac assistant, Purdue RB coach Chris Barclay.
https://purduesports.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/chris-barclay/2039
So basically wake is vastly overachieving with their recruits and Clemson is vastly underachieving with theirs.
And Lambert is the DC.
And Lambert is the DC.
Just listened to Mac's presser out of curiosity. Stuff we all know.. said WF's offense is so difficult for them to prepare for because they have to rely on man coverage against our elite WR's on the outside due to the slow mesh/run threat. Didn't sound to confident in his corners as he rambled on, noting how wake is +10 in TO margin, while UNC can't seem to make plays on Defense. The last question was on the spread.. "You have been glowing about WF being a top team in the country today, why do you think Vegas has UNC is favored to win?" He dodged that one and threw out of some BS about the volatility in the games this year across the board in CF. He also noted that UNC will have normal full day practice on Sunday in prep for Pitt.
I love being the underdog here.. Would love to blow them out and have the D play really well, forcing multiple turnovers and letting the O pile it on.
Not that I would ever defend Mack Brown, but I don’t really think any coach should ever have to answer to what Vegas says the spread is. It’s not his issue or something he has to defend. Vegas might’ve set the line based on some mix of public perception and actual on field results.
Now can Clawson use it as motivation? Certainly.
Doesn't seem like this team needs bulletin board material to get motivated, but there is a lot heading into this weekend. Not from UNC, but from "pundits" claiming how WF is not worthy.
49-27 DEACS
Like I’ve been saying, we have an average defense that can make big plays.
We are:
#4 in Turnover Margin at +10
#18 in Red Zone Defense
#55 Scoring Defense (MSU 29, Bama 30, Oregon 50)
#6 Scoring Offense (OH St 1, Bama 2, OK 7, Oregon 23, MSU 29)
#17 Tackles for Loss (only Cinci has more and is ranked higher than us)
And I can't find it anywhere but we are like #48 in Stop Rate on Defense
Guess what? There's more than 1 way to win a game. None of our metrics are particularly way out of line with anyone ahead of us. Absent 2 late TDs against Cuse / LVille (only 2 one-score games) and the Army outlier, the D has played well enough to get us to this point.
The Deacs are 97th country in time of possession, largely because WF runs up tempo and scores quickly. That means the defense is on the field more than about 75% of the rest of FBS teams. This naturally will lead to more points surrendered. The defense had a bad stretch with the L'ville, Cuse and Army games. For WF to have a chance to run the table, the defense has to play better than it did in those three games. Shutting out Duke until garbage time was a good step. Much bigger test this week.