Having had the pleasure of seeing so much ACC football this year we have a lot of insights into strengths and weaknesses because of all the head to head matchups with common opponents, for V-tech it seems pretty simple:
1) Stop their QB - Hooker is not the best QB in the country but he can run and throw and makes up half their offense, need to spy him
2) Stop their running game - Herbert is their other half of the offense, focus on stopping the run
3) Hit big plays - Vtech is totally susceptible to the big play, Louisville feasted on the big play with them, vtech won the game in a shootout but Louisville's athletes were all over the field on them
4) Come out ready to play on defense - If I see one more start to a game or a half on defense where we get scored on because we are asleep or running passive D then Baker should be fired on the spot! How about come out right from the beginning and set the tone, who cares if we give up a TD we do that anyway by playing passive, how about just go for the knockout on the first play instead of getting pushed around the entire first drive???
5) Finally, put V-tech on their heels on defense right from the beginning. Our O-line is not that good so to set up the run with the pass is the best approach. We did that at Louisville and FSU, now we seem to have gotten away from it, although the NC State game seemed to be much more aggressive. Let's end running the same play 3 times in a row too, 2 times in a row is fine but, 3, come one Rhett!
1) Stop their QB - Hooker is not the best QB in the country but he can run and throw and makes up half their offense, need to spy him
2) Stop their running game - Herbert is their other half of the offense, focus on stopping the run
3) Hit big plays - Vtech is totally susceptible to the big play, Louisville feasted on the big play with them, vtech won the game in a shootout but Louisville's athletes were all over the field on them
4) Come out ready to play on defense - If I see one more start to a game or a half on defense where we get scored on because we are asleep or running passive D then Baker should be fired on the spot! How about come out right from the beginning and set the tone, who cares if we give up a TD we do that anyway by playing passive, how about just go for the knockout on the first play instead of getting pushed around the entire first drive???
5) Finally, put V-tech on their heels on defense right from the beginning. Our O-line is not that good so to set up the run with the pass is the best approach. We did that at Louisville and FSU, now we seem to have gotten away from it, although the NC State game seemed to be much more aggressive. Let's end running the same play 3 times in a row too, 2 times in a row is fine but, 3, come one Rhett!