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[QUOTE="sufandu, post: 2627753, member: 874"]
Why are you guys arguing like it's one or the other? It's not.

A boring 7 or 8 win team will not move the needle beyond us diehards. A run and gun team that struggles to get to 6 won't either. We don't need to be the highest scoring team in the country, but putting up big numbers on our way to winning seasons while going toe to toe with bigtime teams will raise interest.

Tipphill, we will have a running game. The lack of one up to this point has not been by choice. DB wants to be able to rip teams up the middle as much as he wants to scorch them over the top. We just haven't had the make up to do it. That is changing. Look at the young RB's that have been recruited versus who DB inherited along with the progress from the offensive line last year. Given the team make up when DB arrived, it was easier and quicker to change the passing game than the run game. Defense is changing too. The first half of last season there was dramatic progress compared to any point in 2016. The improved depth and maturation of D lineman and DB's should allow improvement to carryover into the latter parts of the season this year.

The last two years I have been one of the people that tried to temper expectations when others were beating the 40 ppg drum. I just didn't think DB could turn us around in the ACC as quickly as he could with his previous teams in lesser conferences. Right or wrong, my expectations are raised for this year. A jump to 35 ppg with with a small decrease in defensive PPG on our way to 6 wins seems reasonable.
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