THIS.
The
narrative that Dino can't win on the road in the ACC is bunk.
It's not like we got blown out in either of those games this year -
which, when you consider that one was AT Clemson, is freaking amazing.
We were literally ONE play away late in the 4th quarter of each of those games from winning.
Also - Wake's D is ranked 124th. Out of 130.
They are allowing almost 47 points a game vs P5 competition.
They fired their D-Coordinator after the ND game.
And they just benched a starting CB and replaced him with a walk-on.
They are grasping at straws on D, and it shows.
Wake's D doesn't get a lot of sacks, or INT's.
And teams are 20/21 in the red zone against them, all for TD's.
See stat at bottom for more-
Their O, which averages 34 overall, is only averaging about 27 vs P5 comp
(and that includes 56 vs. Llvll, which I'm not even sure still counts as P5 anymore
)
Lastly, but far from least - we have THE BEST ST's in the whole damn country!!!
Wake's ST's are ranked 87 by S&P+
IF this is somehow a close game, that's a huge edge than can swing it our way.
Wake doesn't have some fearsome home-field advantage either.
While they got big crowds for ND & Clemson, a lot of that extra might have been opposition fans.
They only drew in the 23-25k range for Towson, BC, and Rice.
Edited to add:
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CFB PCT OF POSS W/POINTS
1 Syracuse 58.82
2 UCF 54.65
3 Houston 53.77
4 Penn State 53.13
5 Oklahoma 53.10
6 Alabama 53.04
7 Oklahoma State 52.08
8 FIU 51.85
9 Washington State 51.04
10 Utah State 51.04
Our offense is the Irresistible Force - and their scoring D is the VERY Movable Object.
