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Message: [QUOTE="Crusty, post: 775286, member: 2265"] Below are the stats for each game with total plays, Rushing Plays, Passing Plays and the ratio of runs to passes. With Allen in the first two games we were even to more pass plays. Starting with Wagner, we started to shift towards more rushing plays. Game - Plays - Rush - Pass - Ratio R PSU - 74 - 37 - 37 - 1.00 NW - 79 - 34 - 45 - 0.76 Wagner - 83 - 48 - 35 - 1.37 Tulane - 70 - 44 - 26 - 1.69 Clemson - 77 - 48 - 29 - 1.66 NC State - 61 - 40 - 21 - 1.9 It seems as if we are becoming a 2:1 run pass team. (It was also interesting that the first play of the NCS game was a designed QB run rather than Smith off tackle.) We are now third in Rushing Offense in the ACC behind GT and FSU BUT we are 1st vs conference opponents. We are 11th in Passing Offense BUT last vs ACC teams. I don't know if RunDMC was suited up or not and I know GMII was injured so doesn't mean anything that Jerome, PTG and Terrel were the only ones that got rushes. However, Jerome got almost half the touches, which finally seems right to me. At first glance tt seemed as if the Kool Kid may have decided that the only way we win is to rely on the OL and our backs including Hunt. However, a closer look may give a hint that these choices may really only be game specific. Both Clemson and NCS appear to have had better pass defenses than rushing ones so we tried to run on them. Makes sense. The best Rushing Defenses are in order vs conference opponents (overall in parens): [LIST=1] [*]Virginia (7) [*]Va Tech (1) [*][B]FSU (3)[/B] [*][B]Boston College (13)[/B] [*][B]Pitt (6)[/B] [*][B]Ga Tech (4)[/B] [*]Syracuse (2) [*][B]Wake (10)[/B] [*][COLOR=#ff0000][B]Clemson (9)[/B][/COLOR] [*]NC (14) [*][B]Maryland (5)[/B] [*][B][COLOR=#ff0000]NC State (8)[/COLOR][/B] [*]Duke (12) [*]Miami (11) [/LIST] Obviously, this is a small sample early in the season but it does seem as if NCS and Clemson are not the toughest run defenses in the conference and everybody we have left to play may (I say may) be better. I should note that BC drops to the bottom when all opponents are counted and Wake drops to 10th. Pass Defenses are interesting. Versus ACC teams (overall in parens): [LIST=1] [*]Miami (1) [*][COLOR=#ff0000][B]Clemson (4)[/B][/COLOR] [*][B][COLOR=#ff0000]NC State (5)[/COLOR][/B] [*]NC (13) [*][B]FSU (2)[/B] [*]Va Tech (3) [*][B]Ga Tech (9)[/B] [*]VA (8) [*][B]Wake (6)[/B] [*][B]Pitt (10)[/B] [*]Duke (7) [*][B]BC (12)[/B] [*]Syracuse (14) [*][B]Maryland (12)[/B] [/LIST] We have played two of the best pass defenses in the conference and have yet to play 4 of the worst 6. These same teams appear to be somewhat better at Run D Going forward, it looks like the match ups that would favor us are [B]Boston College and Wake[/B]. BC is really not very good at all. and Wake is a good match up for us. [B]GA Tech[/B] is the real toss up game. The two worst passing teams in the division are Ga Tech and us. It will be the running game - strength against strength and we are two of the best running teams and our run defenses are ranked pretty high. [B]Maryland[/B] could shred us with their passing game if we haven't fixed the wholes in the secondary but we may actually be able to pass on them. We should be able to run on then, I like our chances in this one. [B]Pitt[/B] will be a dog fight, it always is. This might come down to how well Hunt passes. It is 5 games from now so hopefully he will be a different player by then (and maybe the WRs will show up). Three of the last six games are, of course, at home so we got that going for us - which is nice! The more I look at this stuff the more I am convinced that NC State was critical to our bowl chances. Go Orange, Blue, Cuse! [/QUOTE]

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