and he was talking about the Vols. He said that their offense was very difficult for the linebackers and State's linebackers are a combination of guys returning from injury and youngsters. He said that even though they really don't have a good blitzing team, the DC believes in blitzing and is going to do it a fair amount regardless. Which hopefully will leave the DBs on an island for some big plays by J Hunter and Coradelle Patterson. Also, State's best CB, CJ Wilson, is out for the game. So I am cautiously optimistic.
The interesting thing about this is that NCSU plays almost exclusively zone coverage. So Amerson (Thorpe winner) and Wilson never would really have been 1-on-1 with our WRs very much. But it definitely helps us that Wilson is out, as they may have to shade zones to that side to help the backup. If they do, that may leave Amerson in situations that are closer to 1-on-1. He is big and physical but I like Hunter and Patterson's chances if they get isolated with him.
The LBs are where we need to attack them, and IMO that means running the ball and looking for Rivera in the passing game. It's funny that with all the talk about our WR unit, I think our offensive success in this game is going to depend highly on other players.
