Defense was better then "bad" last night. Other then the long TD run in which DP inexplicably vacated the middle, they played well. You can start to see an identity on D much like an Alabama team. We are playing hard nosed football. Even when Thomas made some nice runs he paid for it at the end. Wide receivers were getting slammed to the ground. VT running backs were running out of bounds rather then get hammered. This young team may miss some assignments but they are laying the wood and imposing fear in the other team. For a defense that was on the field for 90 plays they never tired and matched the intensity of VT. Tell me one defense that plays that long and still wins the battle at the LOS at the end. This is Utough developing in front of us.
Key series of the game - VT down by 8 in the fourth and their OC rallies the troops on the sidelines. VT players are hyped, dancing around, and Thomas is in their face telling them they are going to win. If I saw that in the past I would be worried about Miami matching the intensity. How did the young Miami defense respond? They absolutely beat down the VT offense in 3 plays. On the second play that should have been a sack McCord tried to kill Thomas. You see a team respond like that you have to be excited.
